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b"Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\\nTake Quick to Listen\\u2019s survey!\\nThe protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in May started with a focus on police brutality. But six weeks later, a dominant theme is the removal of monuments, and memorials. Protesters have torn down or vandalized dozens of statues connected to the Confederacy and to other controversial historical figures like Christopher Columbus.\\nBut this isn\\u2019t the first time that statues have been torn down en mass amid widespread protests. After Constantine allowed Christianity in the Roman Empire, Christians tore down so many statues that in Athens they reportedly became known as \\u201cthe people who move that which should not be moved.\\u201d Early church battled each other over religious iconography. Reformation Christians inspired another round of eager statue smashing and removal.\\n\\u201cWhat's funny is when I was first getting acclimated to art as a Protestant, and learning that art history mattered, we were embarrassed about our iconoclastic heritage,\\u201d said Matthew Milliner, associate professor of art history at Wheaton College. \\u201cBut what an honor to be known as \\u2018the people who moved that which should not be moved.\\u2019\\u201d\\nMilliner joined global media manager Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss how much\\xa0earlier Christian battles over statues echo today\\u2019s fights, what\\xa0Christians have learned that might help us better understand the call to remove statues today, and whether we should even be creating memorials and monuments in the first place.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"