According to Jeff Sharlet's 2008 book The Family: the Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of America's Power, as well as the recent Netflix documentary series entitled The Family, there is a secretive organization at the heart of not just American political power, but one that has a global reach too: The Family, or The Fellowship (as they refer to themselves).
Begun in 1935 by Dr Abraham Vereide in Seattle, Washington, the organization has grown in both scope and scale since then. The only public event The Family hosts is the National Prayer Breakfast, held in Washington DC every February, an event that every single President since Eisenhower has attended.
But what is The Family all about? And more importantly, are there links to what is referred to as "dominion theology?" In this special bonus episode, I'll explore both the history of The Family as well as begin to unpack what dominion theology is all about.
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Separating the Beliefs from the Believer (with Matthew Taylor)
Bonus Episode - The Unholy Alliance: Donald Trump and Dominion Theology (with Peter Montgomery)
Bonus Episode: The Trump Vote, Supreme Court, and Christian Nationalism (with Andrew Whitehead)
Doctrine Impossible: Why Christian Theology is so Hard to Believe (with Steven Tiger)
Resist Christian Hegemony! (with Paul Kivel)
Bonus Episode - The Cult of QAnon: Unpacking the Psychology (with Chris Shelton)
Bonus Episode: Dissecting the Jerry Falwell Scandals (with Kristin Kobes Du Mez)
RJ Rushdoony: Exploring the Legacy of the Father of Christian Reconstructionism (with Dr Michael McVicar)
Debunking David Barton: The Christian Right's Favorite Revisionist Historian (with Dr Warren Throckmorton)
Bonus Episode - Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump (with Sarah Posner)
Bonus Episode - Til Doubt Do Us Part: When Changing Beliefs Change Your Marriage (with David Hayward, "The Naked Pastor")
The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (with Katherine Stewart)
Exploring the Connections Between Christian Homeschooling and Dominionism (with Julie Anne Smith)
Bonus Episode - Red State Christians: Understanding the Voters who Elected Donald Trump (with Angela Denker)
The Importance of Maintaining the Separation of Church and State (with Rob Boston)
Bonus Episode - Jesus and John Wayne: Muscular, Masculine White Evangelical Christianity (with Kristin Kobes Du Mez)
Tracing the History of Christian Homeschooling in America (with Dr Milton Gaither)
Grace from a Secular Perspective (with "The Graceful Atheist")
Bonus Episode: The Case Against Miracles (with John Loftus)
Ideological Fundamentalism, Information Disease, and America's Response to the Global Coronavirus Crisis (with Conway & Siegelman)
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