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S3:E30 The Ad Council and Christian America (featuring Wendy Melillo)
The CIA and Ad Council targeted propaganda at the American people. Their efforts helped to create Christian America.
S3:E29 Marketing Christian Libertarianism
Those Ten Commandments monuments that we fight over? Many of them were placed there as part of a marketing campaign for one of the highest grossing films of all time.
S3:E28 The National Prayer Breakfast and The Family
The labor movements of the 1800s and 1900s sparked, of all things, the National Prayer Breakfast. Hear the fascinating story of Abraham Vereide, Christian America, and the National Prayer Breakfast
S3:E27 The New Deal
The New Deal was an effort to pull the US out of the Great Depression – some saw it as “the Christian thing to do” while libertarians saw it as creeping socialism.
S3:E26 Is the Church With Workers?
Heath W Carter, author of Union Made and The Pew and the Picket Line, talks with Chris about labor unions, Christian socialism, and ideas of work.
S3:E25 The Pew and the Picket Line
Princeton Theological Seminary Professor Heath W. Carter walks us through the rise of labor movements and various opinions on Christianity and unions.
S3:E24 Spiritual Life and Leadership
Is the United States a Christian Nation? How has communism impacted the American Christian Church? In this bonus episode, we're playing an episode from the Spiritual Life and Leadership podcast from Markus Watson. Markus is the author of "Beyond Thingification:...
S3:E23 Bonus: The Case Against the Pledge
Not everyone wants to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance. Religious people including Jehovah’s Witnesses may take offense.
S3:E22 The Pledge of Allegiance
Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance? When was “under God” added into the Pledge of Allegiance? Who was Francis Bellamy?