When The Wolves Came
by Meanings of Democracy Lab
6: David and Goliath
About this podcast
Over the last decade, large swaths of evangelicals in the U.S. have embraced an extremist politics that threatens to turn our democracy into a theocracy. Through the eyes of one pastor in Phoenix, WHEN THE WOLVES CAME shows how some evangelicals are banding together to fight back – and how their efforts can fit into a bigger movement to defend democracy in the U.S.
Hosted by Dr. Ruth Braunstein, When The Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism is a six-part audio documentary launching March 4 that follows this story.
About Dr. Braunstein:
Ruth Braunstein is an award-winning sociologist who studies religion, politics, and money. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, where she leads the Meanings of Democracy Lab, which researches the growing resistance to Christian Nationalism. As part of this work, she created and hosts the audio documentary When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism. Her forthcoming book, My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America, explores how taxpaying has become a moral battleground in public life.
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Episodes
- 6: David and Goliath · 40 min · Episode 6The new Trump Administration may openly embrace white Christian nationalism, but Pastor Caleb and other evangelical resistors are gaining momentum. They’re connecting to a bigger…
- 5: Down the Rabbit Hole · 42 min · Episode 5We attend a Christian nationalist event shortly before the 2024 election and talk to an extremism expert about how to prevent radicalization. One QAnon believer changes his tune…
- 4: Fight or Flight · 46 min · Episode 4Evangelical leaders horrified by the extremism in their churches wonder: Is it better to break ties with people who you believe are dangerously wrong – or try to lead them out of…
- 3: The Great Re-Sorting · 44 min · Episode 3COVID-19 church closures, a summer of Black Lives Matter protests, and a tense Presidential election all fan the flames of white Christian nationalism. Two churches in Phoenix…
- 2: Rise of the MAGAchurch · 45 min · Episode 2Political divisions within Pastor Caleb’s church and at a leading Christian magazine reveal how predominantly white evangelical spaces became hothouses for Christian nationalism…
- 1: A Tale of Two Churches · 43 min · Episode 1A Phoenix pastor and former-Neo Nazi skinhead realizes that many of his fellow evangelicals have embraced religious extremism after the 2016 election.
- Coming Soon - When The Wolves Came · 2 minA brand new documentary series about the evangelicals fighting extremism in the Church.
