Tad DeLay

A 10-part series on the religio-political coalition from the new book Against: What Does the Evangelical Want?

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Episodes

10. AGAINST | Against Society: Fascism, Trumpism, and Hierarchies of Contempt

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com For further reading: Robert Paxton. The Anatomy of Fascism . New York: Vintage, 2005. Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism . New York: Harvest, 1976.

Aug 09, 2019•19 min•Ep. 10

9. AGAINST | Against Society: Theocrats and Tea Party Populism

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com Further reading: Robin, The Reactionary Mind (2011) Putnam and Campbell. American Grace (2010)

Aug 09, 2019•16 min•Ep. 9

8. AGAINST | Against Reality: Persecution and Fox News Propaganda Machine

AGAINST: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info: taddelay.com Dickinson, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-roger-ailes-built-the-fox-news-fear-factory-20110525

Aug 09, 2019•18 min•Ep. 8

7. AGAINST | Against Sexuality: True Love Waits

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com Further reading: Finer, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1802108/

Aug 09, 2019•19 min•Ep. 7

6. AGAINST | Against Knowledge: Abortion and the Segregation Academy

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com Balmer, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133?o=1

Aug 09, 2019•14 min•Ep. 6

5. AGAINST | Against Knowledge: Creationists are Everywhere

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com Further reading: Dochuck, Darren. From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism . New York: Norton, 2011.

Aug 09, 2019•23 min•Ep. 5

4. AGAINST | Against Knowledge: Education and the Government School

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com Further reading: Dochuck, From Bible Belt to Sunbelt (2011) Friedman,"The Role of Government in Education."

Aug 09, 2019•23 min•Ep. 4

3. AGAINST | Against Future: Climate Change and the Evangelical-capitalist Resonance Machine

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com Further reading: Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (2019). Connolly, Capitalism and Christianity, American Style (2008).

Aug 09, 2019•20 min•Ep. 3

2. AGAINST | Against Future: How Does a Death Cult Enjoy?

AGAINST is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com Pew, http://www.people-press.org/2010/06/22/section-3-war-terrorism-and-global-trends/

Jul 10, 2019•17 min•Ep. 2

1. AGAINST | What Does the White Evangelical Want?

Available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532668465/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_0cTvDbD8NSQ24 Info & email list: taddelay.com AGAINST is a series exploring the history of this reactionary religio-political sect. Content modified from my new book Against: What Does the White Evangelical Want? (2019).

Jul 08, 2019•18 min•Ep. 1

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