(00:00) Intro and t-shirts.
(5:59) Current news highlighting the issues around the pandemic, climate change and inflation and the need to stay informed.
(14:49) The situation on the ground in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What’s at stake.
(25:17) The principles of secularism and the need to challenge religious authoritarianism. Defining the links between fundamentalism, war and social justice.
(47:38) Deep politics, intimate forms of social relations and control and how they have shaped the political landscape, the Ukrainian invasion and the assault on LGTBQ+ rights.
(01:00:07) A response to the notion that fundamentalists are not “real Christians.”
(01:12:31) Does the arc of the moral universe bend toward justice?
(01:20:27) Outro.
Show notes:
Pat Buchanan. “Whose Side Is God on Now?” Townhall.
Casey Michel. “How Russia Became the Leader of the Global Christian Right.” Politico.