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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Is School Prayer Illegal?
Justice Hugo Black's majority decision from the Supreme Court
32 min
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Jerry Falwell and Apartheid (feat. Melani McAli...
How Some Evangelicals Aligned Themselves with Apartheid in South Africa
13 min
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Exporting Jesus and the American Way (feat. Mel...
How missionaries mix the American Way with the gospel
33 min
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A Christian Response to the Attack on the US Ca...
A response the the MAGA terrorist coup attempt
4 min
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McCarthyism Before McCarthy
The Hunt for Communism in New York Schools and the Rapp-Coudert Committee
29 min
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Positive Memories of 2020
A series of listener-submitted stories of things that went well in 2020
10 min
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Christmas Episode Exchange
20 min
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Are Nativity Scenes Illegal on Public Land?
The Supreme Court's Decisions on Creche's, Ceremonial Deism, and Christmas
26 min
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The American Coup in Guatemala
When the United States of American overthrew a democratically elected president of Guatemala to help United Fruit
37 min
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Billy Graham v. Communism (feat. David Aikman)
Is Christianity Individualistic?
38 min
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We Want a King
What Christian America Really Wants in the Trump Era
21 min
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Rebrodcast: Why Does Donald Trump Appeal to Eva...
Why does President Trump appeal to American Christians?
15 min
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The Ad Council, CIA, and Christian America (fea...
How the CIA and big business use marketing to target Americans
34 min
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Rebroadcast: Fatty Arbuckle and the MPAA
How Christians Censored the Golden Age of Cinema
21 min
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Marketing Christian Libertarianism
James Fifield, Cecil B. DeMille, and The History of Ten Commandments Monuments
35 min
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The National Prayer Breakfast and The Family
How Abraham Vereide and the labor movement created the National Prayer Breakfast
26 min
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An Evaluation
7 min
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The New Deal (feat. Justin Rosolino)
What is the Christian response to financial disaster?
33 min
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Is the Church with Workers? (feat Heath Carter)
Labor movements, Christian socialism, and making Christian unions
26 min
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The Pew and the Picket Line (feat. Heath Carter)
Heath Carter of Princeton Theological Seminary and the rise of unions
33 min
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$12,400
Non-Profits are not for everyone
5 min
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Spiritual Life and Leadership
Markus Watson talks with Chris about Truce
50 min
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The Case Against the Pledge
How the Pledge of Allegiance Stopped Being Mandatory
9 min
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Your Youth Group Trip Was Cancelled - Now What?
Truce Podcast Needs Your Help
3 min
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The Pledge of Allegiance (Featuring Charles Dorn)
The Weird History of How a Christian Socialist Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance
32 min