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This came to a head on May 23rd when the board rejected proposed changes supported by an overwhelming majority of students and faculty, following a threat of disassociation by the Free Methodist Church. Seattle Pacific University, an evangelical school affiliated with the Free Methodist Church since 1891, is in a fight over LGBTQIA+ inclusion and equality. More on Matt Sitman's political and faith shifts via his personal story: Listen to "Know Your Enemy" podcast right here: Moving from the conservative right to the left, he talks about how his faith has changed and remained constant while talking about the prospects for a religious left. He discusses being a part of the historic Falls Church in Virginia in 2006 when there was an ugly church split over the appointing of an openly gay bishop.

"The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good" Order here: įrom the popular leftist podcast "Know Your Enemy", Matt Sitman joins the VCW hall to share his story about being raised in fundamentalist Christianity and experiencing culture shock when he attended Grove City College while moving into an Evangelical culture. "From This Broken Hill I Sing To You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen" Order here: "White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here?" Order here: Twitter: Pally's books mentioned on the podcast: Her research interests are culture, religion, and politics as well as the intersection of culture and language. In 2019-2020 she was a Fellow and The Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton. Professor Pally teaches at New York University, at Fordham University and is an annual guest professor at Humboldt University’s Theology Faculty. Toward the end, we talk briefly about her book on Leonard Cohen. We also discuss how some Evangelicals at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s were socialists and/or supported more social programs. We discuss the duresses that white Evangelicals perceive themselves to be under, a history of how those perceived stressors and "us vs them" thinking inflames right wing populism. Marcia Pally as we talk about her book "White Evangelicalism and Right Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here?". Our first international interview with guest Dr. Listen to Saved By the City with Roxy and Katelyn Beaty right here: Also, we talk a bit about the Seven Mountains Mandate, the New Apostolic Reformation, and the Passion translation of the Bible. Managing editor of Religion News Service and co-host of the award-winning podcast Saved By the City, Roxanne Stone joins the VCW to talk about her Evangelical story, how the last 5 years have affected her faith, the urban/rural divide in America including on faith issues, how she broke the news about Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz's resignation because of an affair, and her experience going from writing about religion at Christian publications to writing about it at a secular news outlet.
