Episode description

Alison, Liz, and Rebecca welcome guest Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee and lead organizer of BJC’s Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign. They discuss the urgent threat that Christian nationalist ideology poses to American democracy, how nonreligious and religious Americans alike can fight back, and Amanda explains the strong historical tradition of supporting state/church separation in the Baptist movement.

Show Notes

• Amanda Tyler’s Bio

• How to End Christian Nationalism by Amanda Tyler

• Baptist Joint Committee 

• Respecting Religion Podcast

• Roger Williams Symposium: Is This a Christian Nation?

• BCJ and FFRF’s joint report “Christian Nationalism and the January 6, 2021 Insurrection” 

• Christians Against Christian Nationalism

• Previous episode that talks about the Texas chaplain bill

• BJC’s "say 'no' to chaplains in public schools"

• FFRF’s 2023 Convention Panel on Christian Nationalism 

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