Tag: American politics

The Church and Politics (with Miles Smith IV)

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Dr Miles Smith, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, joins me to discuss the complexities of the Church’s relationship with politics. Miles is the author of the recently published Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War. Within our conversation, I also reference his recent Mere Orthodoxy article, ‘Perdition’.

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Should We Put Flags in Churches? (with Dr Miles Smith)

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A couple of years ago, our friend Miles Smith wrote a First Things piece on the history of national flags in churches. We brought him on the podcast to discuss the issue with us.

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Protestants & History (with Paul Gutacker)

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Paul Gutacker, the author of The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past, joined us for a discussion of how American Protestant understandings of sola scriptura and biblical authority played out in the context of the Civil War and debates around slavery.

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The Religion of American Greatness (with Dr Paul Miller)

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Continuing in the vein of our recent conversation with Dr Yoram Hazony, Paul D Miller joins Matt and me for a discussion of his book on Christian Nationalism, The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism.

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Conservatism (with Dr Yoram Hazony)

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Derek, Matt, and I are joined by Dr Yoram Hazony for a spirited discussion of his new book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery.

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