Episode II: From Burning Crosses to Flamethrowers

This episode traces the theology of Christian nationalism over the past century, from the Scopes Trial and Princeton Seminary to the modern political right. Drawing on primary sources, it explores how a fifth-century theological concept moved into twenty-first-century policy. It also examines another Christian tradition, embodied by Martin Luther King Jr., that used faith to defend democracy rather than hierarchy.

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