Summary: <p>I had the privilege of speaking with historian Dr. Randall Balmer about the history of abortion and the Religious Right. </p><p>0:00 - Preview and highlights for episode<br>4:05 - Intro<br>9:00 - Conservative political fervor was not due to abortion<br>14:50 - Political leaders admit that political fervor was not about abortion<br>20:30 - Conservatives didn't realize power of abortion until very late<br>29:00 - Evangelical propaganda wielding "religious liberty"<br>32:20 - Why does it matter how we arrived at the truth of abortion?<br>39:20 - Evangelical's history with social justice<br>50:50 - Abortion hides racism through a victimization/persecution complex</p><ul> <li><strong>A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!</strong></li> <li> <strong>Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo:</strong> https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/</li> <li> <strong>Facebook Page: </strong>https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tour</li> <li> <strong>YouTube:</strong> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriber</li> <li> <strong>Instagram: </strong>https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ </li> <li> <strong>Kingdom Outpost:</strong> https://kingdomoutpost.org/</li> <li> <strong>My Reading List Goodreads:</strong> https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_Elliot</li> <li> <strong>Propaganda Season Outline:</strong> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xa4MhYMAg2Ohc5Nvya4g9MHxXWlxo6haT2Nj8Hlws8M/edit?usp=sharing </li> <li> <strong>Spotify Playlist:</strong> https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VSvC0SJYwku2U0awRaNAu?si=3ad0b2fbed2e4864</li> <li> <strong>Episode Outline/Transcript:</strong> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bgzN5XJdpAE0gKYY08frJ6unEpQedLdj3bQKQ9gdtlw/edit?usp=sharing </li> <li> <strong>The King's Chapel and the King's Court: </strong>https://www.religion-online.org/article/the-kings-chapel-and-the-kings-court/ </li> <li> <strong>Abortion History: </strong>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/10/abortion-history-right-white-evangelical-1970s-00031480 </li> <li> <strong>Holy Post interview with Dr. Balmer: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmx-UKtGLR8 </li> <li> <strong>Falwell's Ministers and Marchers sermon: </strong>https://liberty.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17184coll4/id/4090/</li> <li> <strong>Color of Compromise which is specifically about the church: </strong>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52609333-the-color-of-compromise?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Ser6xgvQS2&rank=2</li> <li> <strong>Reconstructing the Gospel: </strong>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36579595-reconstructing-the-gospel?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=kQhtfCMhMB&rank=1</li> <li> <strong>One Nation Under God by Kruse:</strong> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22928900-one-nation-under-god?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7IT4aspt0l&rank=1</li> <li> <strong>White Flight by Kruse: </strong>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345070.White_Flight?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7IT4aspt0l&rank=2</li> <li> <strong>The Evangelicals by Fitzgerald: </strong>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753872-the-evangelicals?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=vCAcXpJOQF&rank=1</li> <li> <strong>Bad Faith by Balmer: </strong>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56672921-bad-faith?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=fI4jPSEbqC&rank=1</li> <li> <strong>Racist origins of the Religious Right: </strong>https://amc.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/Balmer%20-%20Historian%27s%20Pickaxe.pdf</li> <li> <strong>God in America PBS: </strong>https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-god-in-america-six-of-god-and-caesar/</li> <li><strong>And a lot of others. You can check out my goodreads lists on race, propaganda, and evangelicalism</strong></li> <li> <strong>Video Interview:</strong> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-bH1Xatvp0&t=122s </li> <li> <strong>Don't Judge Too Quickly Commercials: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP8NRgWtPaE</li> <li> <strong>Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern: </strong> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Declaration_of_Evangelical_Social_Concern</li> </ul> <strong>Thanks to our monthly supporters</strong> <ul> <li>Philip Does</li> <li>Laverne Miller</li> <li>Jesse Killion</li> </ul> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thefourthway" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>
