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WOF 411: America’s Cultural Revolution w/ Chris Rufo

Nov 6, 2023

Chris Rufo, writer, filmmaker, and activist, joins Bishop Barron to discuss America's Cultural Revolution. They explore woke ideology's Marxist roots, the rise of atheism, rejection of mathematics within wokeism, and the loss of objective values. They emphasize the need for a coherent moral framework rooted in eternal law.

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Woke ideology masks an anti-Christian agenda that seeks to erase traditional norms and manipulate human nature.

Gender theory rejects human nature, aiming to erase natural limits and replace them with radical notions of gender fluidity.

The success of radical movements in capturing academia and cultural institutions was facilitated by a deliberate strategy of infiltrating bureaucracies and spreading their ideas through various channels.

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The Confusion with Woke Ideology

Woke ideology operates at two levels, with euphemistic marketing words like diversity, equity, and inclusion, masking an ideology that goes against the Christian tradition and seeks to erase traditional norms and manipulate human nature. The origins can be traced to Marxism, postmodernism, and gender theory.

Introduction

2min

Understanding the Origins and Intentions of Woke Ideology and Left-Wing Racialist Ideology

2min

Neo-Gnostic Beliefs and Gender Theory

22min

Rise of Atheism and Disaffiliation from Religion in the United States

18min

Contradictions in Capitalist Corporations and the View of Mathematics within Wokeism

3min

Subjective Interpretations and the Balkanization of Society

27min

The Relationship between Politics, Positive Law, and the Moral Framework

2min

Today, we’re excited to share with you the newest episode in our “Bishop Barron Presents” series. In this discussion, Bishop Barron talks with writer, filmmaker, and activist Chris Rufo.

Chris is the author of a new book titled America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything. He has directed four documentaries for PBS and is a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of the public policy magazine City Journal. His reporting and activism have inspired a presidential order, a national grassroots movement, and legislation in twenty-two states.

Sit back and take in this latest conversation in our series “Bishop Barron Presents”. Enjoy!

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America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything by Christopher Rufo

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WOF 411: America’s Cultural Revolution w/ Chris Rufo

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