The Holy Post 569: Shiny Happy Certainty & How Women Led in the Early Church with Nijay Gupta
Certainty Drove Gothard And Robertson
- Bill Gothard and Pat Robertson sold certainty and control in chaotic times, which drove their popularity.
- That promise of ordered outcomes appealed to people craving stability after the social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s.
Book Ban Laws Can Backfire
- Utah's law easing book removals produced a predictable backfire when a parent used it to pull Bibles from shelves as a protest.
- Policy changes that enable censorship tend to be weaponized by both supporters and opponents.
Read For Moral Formation Not Just Checks
- Evaluate literature by how it forms readers morally rather than just by checklists of objectionable content.
- Teach reading in community to help children and adults interpret difficult biblical passages responsibly.
Two events have our attention. First, a new documentary about reality TV's Dugger family is exposing the ugly side of the Christian fundamentalism, patriarchy, and legalism taught by Bill Gothard's ministry. And, Christian broadcaster and pillar of the Religious Right, Pat Robertson, died this week at 93. Was there a link between the popularity of Gothard and Robertson for a whole generation of American Christians? Then, New Testament scholar Nijay Gupta talks about his new book "Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church." And he participates in an unexpected therapy session with Skye about their shared background. Also this week—Kaitlyn is learning German, book bans backfire on the Bible in Utah, and Phil rescues pets from fallen ministry leaders.
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0:00 - Intro
1:38 - Show Starts
2:27 - Theme Song
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4:01 - Kaitlyn learning German
7:16 - Bible banned in schools
15:00 - Shiny Happy People and Pat Robertson
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51:30 - Interview Intro
52:58 - Nijay Gupta
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1:05:20 Women in the Old Testament
1:11: 21 Women in Rome
1:19:59 Paul and pragmatism
1:27:22 - End Credits
Links mentioned in news segment:
Utah parent upset by book bans gets Bible pulled from school shelves to expose 'bad faith process' - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-parent-upset-book-bans-gets-bible-pulled-school-shelves-expose-ba-rcna87450
Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice by Jessica Hooten Wilson - https://amzn.to/43DR7kr
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt - https://amzn.to/3qwccOT
WITH by Skye Jethani - https://amzn.to/3JbZNpI
Other resources:
Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay Gupta
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr - https://amzn.to/3Xcgbwn
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