Straight White American Jesus

A podcast on religion and politics hosted by Daniel Miller and Bradley Onishi, ex-ministers who are now scholars of religion.

Weekly Roundup: Covenant Eyes Johnson

Brad and Dan begin by discussing the porn-accountability app that Speaker Mike Johnson uses with his son. They explain how apps like these are a feature in evangelical circles and how they are a part of the purity culture landscape. Dan then zooms out to explain why he doesn’t buy the idea that contemporary Christian nationalism, as it embodied in Johnson, is not a divergence from American history. Neither host agrees that this is just a matter of normal patriotic Americans being corrupted, but is instead an outgrowth of a long history.

In the final half of the episode the hosts go through the good news in this week’s elections on the issues of abortion, school boards, and the election of one of the nation’s first trans state senators. The question: What does this mean for 2024 and beyond?

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/

Subscribe now to American Idols: https://www.axismundi.us/american-idols/

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC

SWAJ Book Recommendations – September 2023: https://bookshop.org/lists/swaj-recommends-september-2023/edit

Order Brad’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices