Andrew L. Whitehead
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Oct 20, 2026
Mike RuschHOST
Let me set the table because today answers a question we left hanging.
Mike RuschHOST
In our last conversation with Dr. Andrew Whitehead, he gave us the diagnosis.
Mike RuschHOST
He showed us what happens when faith and nation get fused into a single thing, an ideology that decides who belongs in a place before anyone ever gets introduced.
Mike RuschHOST
And he told us where change begins, a person of faith saying from where they sit, this is not okay, and then finding the others.
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MonicaHOST
Who gets included in We the People? And if you've been with us through this season, you already know that that's the question that this show keeps asking about the Anzacs.
MonicaHOST
Who belongs to and in this place? Last episode, Dr.
MonicaHOST
Andrew Whitehead showed us the broken we.
MonicaHOST
Faith and nation fused into a tool for deciding who this land is for.
Monica KumarHOST
We're here to ask questions, be thoughtfully discerning, and hopefully see more clearly together.
Monica KumarHOST
Our guide in this episode is Dr. Andrew Whitehead,
Andrew WhiteheadGUEST
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Monica KumarHOST
Christian sociologist at Indiana University Indianapolis.
Monica KumarHOST
He closes his book with the place that I want us to begin.
Monica KumarHOST
Sometimes the bravest thing we have is hope.
Mike RuschHOST
Well, I have a privilege today of sharing a table with Dr. Andrew Whitehead, who's a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University in Indianapolis.
Mike RuschHOST
Dr. Whitehead is also the co-director of the Association of Religion Data Archives.
Alexis RiceHOST
It is to rule by force, intimidation, and minority.
Alexis RiceHOST
What I learned from Andrew Whitehead, who wrote American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church, is that Christian nationalism is a political, not a religious, movement that co-opts our global, diverse, inclusive faith using the tools of power, fear, and violence as idols.
Alexis RiceHOST
And if you're sick of this, if you're tired of this, I am asking you to think about what you can do about it if you are in the United States right now.
Alexis RiceHOST
You know that the Bible says that we are supposed to be recognized by our love as Christians, and that is a test.
Paul DjupeGUEST
Whether you make the next jump to say that this is fascism or creeping fascism, is harder to say.
Paul DjupeGUEST
There was a really nice piece on religion in public by the authors of the Christian National Anthem, Andrew Whitehead and Sam Perry, that did make that connection quite explicitly.
Paul DjupeGUEST
And that's really worth paying attention to and having a good argument about.
Paul DjupeGUEST
But, you know, there's definitely, Stanley's definitely onto something, and you can see those kinds of emotions at play here in this.