You write about j howard pew, the former president of sun oil, which was founded by his father. He took on the challenge of mobilizing christians behind the free and sent ministers copies of the rhotoserftum. But you write that spiritual mobilization never really had any success in impacting american christianity on any sort of institutional levelt cannot find an organic basis in actual church communitiesa for pew's crusade.
Dan interviews historian Kim Phillips-Fein on Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan.
Listen to Kim's Dig interview on Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics thedigradio.com/podcast/fear-city-with-kim-phillips-fein/
Listen to past Dig eps for context on Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
Tony Wood on Russia and Putin: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood
Volodymyr Ishchenko on Ukraine: thedigradio.com/podcast/ukraine-w-volodymyr-ishchenko
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