Episode 495: The False Gospel of Democracy with Robert Tracy McKenzie

Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 2 p.m.

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Should churches stop live-streaming their services and return to in-person worship? A recent editorial by Tish Harrison Warren has gotten a lot of negative reactions from chronically ill and disabled people who value online worship. What does the debate say about our theology of the church? ABC has suspended Whoopi Goldberg for her comments about race and the Holocaust. Is Judaism a race, a religion, an ethnicity, or something else?

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Some Christians are praising Stephen Colbert for talking about how his faith informs his comedy on his talk show, while others are criticizing him for not explicitly sharing the gospel. Who\\u2019s right? And David Brooks\\u2019 recent\\xa0NY Times\\xa0article about the evangelical leaders trying to save their movement makes the Holy Post crew ask\\u2014When do we try to fix a ministry and when do we leave it? Then, Skye talks to history professor Robert Tracy McKenzie about his new book \\u201cWe the Fallen People\\u201d about what the Founders really believed about democracy and the virtue of the American people. He explains how Americans lost the Founders\\u2019 belief in human depravity and exchanged it for a false gospel that affirms the inherent goodness of people and democracy, and how that explains the challenges we are now experiencing in our politics.

News Segment:
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0:00 - Intro
4:29 - Should churches stop live-streaming services?
Skye\\u2019s video, \\u201cWhy You\\u2019re Sick of Church\\u201d - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TqmTugUfT0
16:52 - Whoopi Goldberg\\u2019s comments on race and the Holocaust
26:01 - Stephen Colbert on faith and comedy
36:47 - Institutions - when to fix and when to leave
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Interview with Robert Tracy McKenzie:
\\u201cWe the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy\\u201d - https://amzn.to/3gvwP5J
Patreon Bonus Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/62311740/
56:04 - Interview Start
57:57 - \\u201cDemocratic gospel\\u201d definition
1:02:02 - Founders\\u2019 beliefs about democracy and human nature
1:12:46 - \\u201cThe Great Reversal\\u201d
1:20:21 - Jackson and unchecked democracy
1:23:22 - Christianity and partisanship
1:26:03 - Imperial presidency concerns
1:30:08 - End
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