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.

History
Christianity
Religion
126
$12,400
Non-Profits are not for everyone
5 min
127
Spiritual Life and Leadership
Markus Watson talks with Chris about Truce
50 min
128
The Case Against the Pledge
How the Pledge of Allegiance Stopped Being Mandatory
9 min
129
Your Youth Group Trip Was Cancelled - Now What?
Truce Podcast Needs Your Help
3 min
130
The Pledge of Allegiance (Featuring Charles Dorn)
The Weird History of How a Christian Socialist Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance
32 min
131
Truce Needs Your Support
2 min
132
Empire: The Game!
Is empire always a bad thing? We played a game to find out.
36 min
133
Home of the Forgotten
How a "Christian" nation forgets its own people
24 min
134
Teddy Roosevelt and the Guano Islands
How bird poop and Teddy Roosevelt reshaped the American map
28 min
135
How to Hide an Empire (featuring Daniel Immerwahr)
Is the USA an empire?
18 min
136
Is the US a Christian Nation?
Questioning the Christian America Argument with Gregg Frazer
28 min
137
Is Revolution Biblical?
Questioning the Biblical Backing of the American Revolution
19 min
138
Faith of the Founding Fathers (featuring Dr. Gr...
Were the Founding Fathers Deists or Christians?
34 min
139
Why Are We Covering This? A Conversation with E...
Why is a Christian Podcast Covering Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism?
25 min
140
Godless Utopia (featuring Roland Elliott Brown)
The story of anti-Christian Soviet propaganda
28 min
141
Pioneer 1
How the Soviets Created The Myth of the Perfect Citizen
9 min
142
Vladimir Prokhnevskiy: Christian Refugee from U...
How Soviets Oppressed Christians
25 min
143
Religious Persecution Under the Soviet Union
28 min
144
The Rise of Lenin and Stalin
How Lenin and Stalin killed millions of their own people
26 min
145
What is the Difference Between Communism and So...
What is the difference between communism and socialism?
30 min
146
History of The Russian Church
How Russian history was shaped (for better or worse) by Christianity
33 min
147
A Russian Christmas
Why Russians celebrate Christmas and New Years on different days than the US
20 min
148
Christmas Episode Exchange
21 min
149
Rasputin
The rogue monk who helped bring down the Romanov dynasty.
29 min
150
The Fall of the Romanovs (2 of 2)
The murder that changed modern Christianity - the Romanovs and the fall of tsarist Russia.
21 min