Truce - History of the Christian Church
Truce explores the history of the evangelical church in America, from fundamentalism to pyramid schemes to political campaigns. Host Chris Staron uses journalistic tools to investigate how the church got here and how it can do better.
The current season follows the rise of the Religious Right, examining the link between evangelicals and the Republican Party. Featuring special guests like Rick Perlstein, Frances Fitzgerald, Jesse Eisinger, Daniel K. Williams, and more.
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Christmas 2022
Truce will be back with all-new episodes starting January 10th!
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The Battle for the Presbyterian Soul | Christia...
William Jennings Bryan joins to fight for the Northern Presbyterian denomination to counter the preaching of Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Mr. Fundamentalist | Christian Fundamentalism S...
William Bell Riley brought the fight to fundamentalism. He formed the World's Christian Fundamentals Association to pick fights against modernism. And lost.
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World War One I Christian Fundamentalism Series
How William Jennings Bryan's crusade to stay out of WWI shaped the modernist/ fundamentalist debate
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Exciting News About the Future!
Truce is a little more funded every day!
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Walter Rauschenbusch and the Great Reversal | C...
In order to understand the modernist/ fundamentalist split we have to first understand the movement that broke them apart.
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The Fundamentals | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Released between 1910-1915, The Fundamentals were a series of 90 essay aimed at protecting conservative evangelical ideas
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The Scofield Reference Bible | Christian Fundam...
CI Scofield's Bible helped create the Christian fundamentalist movement. We compare Bible notes to see how commentaries impact Christian readers
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The Treaties of William Jennings Bryan | Christ...
We know William Jennings Bryan for his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial. But most of us don't know about his contribution to world peace.
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Looking Backward | Christian Fundamentalism Series
A socialist story that shaped the way people thought about labor in the 1800s
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In His Steps Discussion
We read the book "In His Steps" by Charles Sheldon. Now we're going to discuss what it means and the social gospel.
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In His Steps (part 3)
The conclusion of the class Christian fiction novel by Charles Sheldon
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In His Steps (part 2)
The classic Christian fiction audiobook brought to life by the host of the Truce Podcast
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Bonus Episode - In His Steps
A special bonus for patrons of the show!
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In His Steps (part 1)
A reading of this classic Christian novel by Charles Sheldon
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The Holiness Movement | Christian Fundamentalis...
John Wesley and the search for a sinless life
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Moody's Lieutenants | Christian Fundamentalism ...
The guys who built the modern fundamentalism movement took their pattern from a guy who was not a fundamentalist
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D.L. Moody | Christian Fundamentalism Series
The evangelist who shaped evangelicalism
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Social Darwinism and the Spanish-American War |...
The social darwinism of Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge and the Christian Church
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Populism | Christian Fundamentalism Series
William Jennings Bryan campaigned against William McKinley and became the definitive example of American populsim.
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The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
Planet Money's Jacob Goldstein joins us to discuss how the gold standard made the Great Depression a whole lot more depressing
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The Gold Standard | Christian Fundamentalism Se...
Planet Money's Jacob Goldstein joins us to discuss his book "Money: the True Story of a Made Up Thing", the gold standard, and William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech
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How Do We Deal with Christian Fundamentalism? |...
A round table discussion exploring responses to Christian fundamentalism
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The Liberals | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Fundamentalism is a reaction to modernist theology. So, in order to understand fundamentalism we have to talk about liberal theology
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The End of Reconstruction | Christian Fundamen...
We often think of the 1800s as a calm, peaceful time in the United States. Wrong! It was an era of Civil War, alcoholism, Jim Crow, and massive technilogical change
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