Sons of Patriarchy
Peter Bell
What happens when biblical patriarchy, christian nationalism, and a theology of authority and submission become the pillars of a movement? Scores of abuse stories in marriages, schools, churches, families, and more. Though these ideas have filtered throughout the United States for decades, they found a home in Moscow, Idaho, through the ministry and work of Doug Wilson. From there, they have influenced churches across the United States, and across the world. In this series, you’ll hear from experts on all aspects of these movements, and the stories of abuse from those who survived. Some are Christian, some are not, but one thing they’ve got in common? They’re finally speaking out. This is their story.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
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Dec 15, 2024 • 1h 43min
Indoctrination Station
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. Join us as we talk with Susan Wise Bauer of The Well-Trained Mind and Jill Wright, who has experience with The Oaks Academy and the ACCS (Association of Classical Christian Schools). The Matriarch of Classical Education takes on the Patriarch of "Christian" Classical Education. Susan explains why she doesn't like the phrase "Christian" Classical education, dives into the history of the methodology, misconceptions, and more. Jill lived it. She's a trained educator herself, sent her sons to The Oaks Academy, and became a Teacher's aide as well. Give your kids an education, not an indoctrination. Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Dec 12, 2024 • 1h 52min
A Museum for Saints: Abuse in the CREC, Part 7
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. Meet Jade Miller (a former Logos School student), and an anonymous man who attended CRECs in the Pacific Northwest. Jade will be releasing her memoir soon, sign up here to get notified when it's available: https://jademari.com/memoir-theoutsidegirl. Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Dec 9, 2024 • 49min
Excursus: A Conversation with Thabiti Anyabwile on Doug Wilson
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. I sat down with Thabiti Anyawbile (on Zoom) to talk about his interaction with Doug Wilson in 2013 about Doug's booklets "Southern Slavery As It Was" and "Black and Tan." Here's the TGC blog swaps between Thabiti and Doug: https://tinyurl.com/ybwpwt34 Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Dec 7, 2024 • 1h 10min
From Mars Hill to Moscow: A Conversation with Mike Cosper
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. Enjoy this BONUS episode with Mike Cosper of Christianity Today! We talk through Mark Driscoll, Doug Wilson, the ideologies that have taken over so much of the church, what it does to the gospel, and her people, and what can be done about it. Listen to The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. Purchase The Church in Dark Times. Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Dec 5, 2024 • 2h 4min
The Moscow Mold: Abuse in the CREC, Part 6
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. Meet Holly Rench (who has deep Moscow connections and a former CREC member in North Carolina), Kathy (a former CREC member in Oregon), and the Reynolds Family (former members of the CREC in Santa Cruz). "Once Excommunicated" an Instagram journey of the Reynolds family away from the CREC. Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Dec 2, 2024 • 1h 41min
The Fruits of Nationalism
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. If the fruit of Christian Nationalism is rotten, what does that say about the roots itself? We've spent three episodes in the history, development, and political theories of Christian Nationalism, now we go to its current iteration. Join us as we discuss what Christian Nationalism does. In this episode we speak with Dr. Paul Miller (Georgetown University), Katherine Stewart (op-ed writer for The New York Times, as well as author of several books), Napp Nazworth (Executive Director of American Values Coalition), and Russell Moore (Executive Editor at Christianity Today). The Religion of American Greatness by Paul Miller The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart Money, Lies, and God by Katherine Stewart Losing Our Religion by Russell Moore Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Nov 28, 2024 • 1h 47min
Veneer of Righteousness: Abuse in the CREC, Part 5
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. Meet Hayley McCord, a former student at New Saint Andrews, an anonymous woman with deep family connections to Christ Church Moscow, and an anonymous couple who attended a CREC church in the Pacific North West. EDIT: We were alerted that the comment about "spanking tools" currently being sold at Christ Church from 14:20-14:30 is not true. Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Nov 25, 2024 • 1h 37min
The Reconstruction of Nationalism
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. The writings and works of Reconstructioninsts and Theonomists of a bygone age would not recognize the modern iteration of Christian Nationalism. No, today's Christian Nationalism is an entirely new phenomenon without historical precedent. What you see today, then, is a new project. And this new project isn't looking at elections over the next few years, but establishing dominion over the next few centuries. To discuss this, we're joined by Dr. Michael McVicar (Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University), Dr. Julie Ingersoll (Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at University of North Florida), Dr. Jerome Copulsky (Research Fellow at Georgetown University), and we interact with ideas from Katherine Stewart's work as well (writer for The New York Times, New Republic, and more). Christian Reconstruction by Michael McVicar Building God's Kingdom by Julie Ingersoll Evangelical Christian Women by Julie Ingersoll American Heretics by Jerome Copulsky The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart Money, Lies, and God by Katherine Stewart Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Nov 21, 2024 • 2h 13min
Family Affairs: Abuse in the CREC, Part 4
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. Meet an anonymous woman who grew up around Jim and Bessie Wilson (Doug's parents), Theresa Smith who married in to the CREC, and Nathan and Christiana Wells (Moscow residents) on the reputation of the church. Follow Doug Wilson Says on Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, and Website. Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
Nov 18, 2024 • 1h 33min
The Roots of Nationalism
Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated. Nerds of history, political theory, and political theology, this is your episode! Everyone else? Figure out where this thing called Christian Nationalism came from. Catholic Integralism is both intellectually superior of, and far more historically grounded counterpart to Christian Nationalism. Kevin Vallier (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toledo) discusses the rise of Catholic Integralism, the Protestant response, and where Christian Nationalism fits into that picture (if it does at all). From Catholic Integralism, we move forward a few hundred hears to the founding of the American Republic. Jerome Copulsky (Research Fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University) analyzes the political and religious traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries, dispelling rumors about America's founding while providing a politically (and religiously) robust reading of the nation's constitution and supporting documents. Episode Resources: All the Kingdoms of the World by Kevin Vallier American Heretics by Jerome Copulsky Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.
