![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tylikI've been thinking about writing periodically (er, most likely with a Poisson distribution) about things I like. And I have this whole list in my head, but one of the more recent ones is Straight White American Jesus.
It's largely about White Christian Nationalism (yes, I kind of like saying Christo-Fascism more, but I'm a known bitch). From two former evangelical ministers turned scholars of religion who are willing and able to critique their former sects. It's not entirely even - there's a big attempt to slow down and make things relatable, and aimed towards people who aren't academics. I can't really say how well that goes - maybe pretty well? But I am an academic, and there are times I feel like I'd like the aimed at academic version, TYVM.
That being said, I mostly enjoy it. There are a number of interviews with authors and scholars, and some of those have been great (I really enjoyed the one about Asian American college admissions.) There's also a ongoing series called "It's in the code," which is about a lot of the coded language and concepts inside evangelical culture, which has been at times fascinated.
One of the things that was brought up in one of the segments - I forget which one, but could probably find it, wait, I think it might have been in the coding for what non denominational means - is how the anti-clericalism that was part of many of the more extreme protestant groups fed into the anti intellectual sentiment that you see broadly in American culture. This has been percolating in my head for the last bit - especially with some of the anti-science discussion one sees. (There's some particular gruesome stuff going on related to the shooting on campus on Monday, because the grad student who shot his advisor did his undergrad in Wuhan, so something something covid conspiracy.)
It's largely about White Christian Nationalism (yes, I kind of like saying Christo-Fascism more, but I'm a known bitch). From two former evangelical ministers turned scholars of religion who are willing and able to critique their former sects. It's not entirely even - there's a big attempt to slow down and make things relatable, and aimed towards people who aren't academics. I can't really say how well that goes - maybe pretty well? But I am an academic, and there are times I feel like I'd like the aimed at academic version, TYVM.
That being said, I mostly enjoy it. There are a number of interviews with authors and scholars, and some of those have been great (I really enjoyed the one about Asian American college admissions.) There's also a ongoing series called "It's in the code," which is about a lot of the coded language and concepts inside evangelical culture, which has been at times fascinated.
One of the things that was brought up in one of the segments - I forget which one, but could probably find it, wait, I think it might have been in the coding for what non denominational means - is how the anti-clericalism that was part of many of the more extreme protestant groups fed into the anti intellectual sentiment that you see broadly in American culture. This has been percolating in my head for the last bit - especially with some of the anti-science discussion one sees. (There's some particular gruesome stuff going on related to the shooting on campus on Monday, because the grad student who shot his advisor did his undergrad in Wuhan, so something something covid conspiracy.)
no subject
Date: 2023-08-31 10:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-09-01 04:07 am (UTC)I saw the Wuhan thing in the news and thought "oh, here we go..."
no subject
Date: 2023-09-01 06:11 pm (UTC)(I should probably check out Conspirituality.)