Religious Trauma and Politics

Brian shares how the evangelical community's alliance with a certain form of republicanism in the nineties changed both evangelicalism and republicanism for the worse. He reflects on the silence of the majority who felt embarrassed by the loud voices of that time, leading to a withdrawal from strident religiosity and a call for a more authentic church experience.

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[Unedited] Brian McLaren with Krista Tippett
Related Questions
- What caused the split in Protestantism as discussed in the episode \[Unedited] Martin Marty With Krista Tippett (On America's Changing Religious Landscape) and the clip The Diversity of Evangelicalism?
- How are religion and politics related in the context of the episode The Rise of the Religious "Nones" (And What It Means for Society) and the clip Evolving Evangelical Identity?