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Kelsey McKinney, co-owner & features writer for Defector.com and author of the debut novel God Spare the Girls, joins the show! We talk about her novel, how getting to know people outside the evangelical bubble changes your perspective, her experiences in the media, and much more.God Spare the Girls tells the story of two daughters of a megachurch pastor whose rise to evangelical fame came from a viral speech about purity culture - and that's just how the story starts. When news of their father's marital infidelity breaks in their church, the two sisters are drawn together in ways they never were before. It's a great read.Buy God Spare the Girls here and support the show! (Affiliate link.) Follow Kelsey McKinney on Twitter.-We're back! July was very busy, and I'm super excited to get back to releasing episodes for you. A lot happened elsewhere: Exvangelical turned 5! I wrote a piece for Religion Dispatches about David Jeremiah's sermon saying exvangelicals are a sign of the end times! I was on MSNBC's The Week with Joshua Johnson! Other stuff I can't wait to tell you about, but can't yet! Support the show through a subscription to The Post-Evangelical Post. Follow Blake on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.Follow the show on Instagram and Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

The hosts of Good Christian Fun join the show to talk about Christian school (with goats!), satellite home school curricula (Covenant Eyes included!) and much more! Follow GCF on Instagram, and Kevin & Caroline on there too.Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain.Support the show via Substack.This episode was produced by Jake Lewis, thank you Jake! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This week's guest is IMG's very own Josie Jimenez! Josie is the co-host of Irreverent Media Group's Making Spaces podcast as well as the podcast Speaking in Church. We talked on a Sunday afternoon and things got a little silly, talking about Josie's life, why expecting people to be the same is so damn boring, and all sorts of other stuff.Listen to Making Spaces with Josie Jimenez & Rev. Sarah Heath.Listen to Speaking in Church with Josie Jimenez & Spencer Rose Taylor.Follow Josie on Instagram & Twitter.Support Exvangelical, Powers & Principalities, and all of Blake's projects by subscribing to The Post-Evangelical Post.Follow Blake on Twitter & the show on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

Emily Joy Allison returns to Exvangelical to talk about #SBC21, the recent departures of Beth Moore & Russell Moore (no relation) from the denomination, and her own direct action through protest. We also discuss the conservative resurgence in other denominations, how the media (and post-evangelicals of all stripes online) discuss bad theology, and how to respond to these types of conservative initiatives.This was recorded on Tuesday, June 15th 2021 and was not edited because the events we're discussing are timely and in-flux.You can follow Emily on Twitter @emilyjoypoetry. Buy her book, Church Too: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing.Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain. Support this podcast directly through a paid subscription to The Post-Evangelical Post.This is an Irreverent Media Group podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This week I'm publishing an episode of fellow Irreverent Media Group podcaster Kevin Garcia's show A Tiny Revolution. It's Pride Month and ATR is running a special series in conjunction with Beloved Arise. Listen to this episode featuring an interview with Blake Mundell to learn more about Beloved Arise.Subscribe to A Tiny Revolution anywhere you listen to podcasts, and follow Kevin on Instagram & Twitter.Kevin (they/them) describes ATR like this:"Because all revolutions begin as conversations between friends. Join digital pastor and soul coach Kevin Garcia for a conversation that actually matters. Covering the intersections of spirit, sexuality, gender, and justice, Kevin curates convos with the brightest and most incredible humans that you may or may not have heard of, with delicious takes on faith, sexuality, practice, and how we do this life together." Learn more about the Irreverent Media Group line-up at irreverent.fm or by following @irreverent_fm on Instagram.Follow Blake on Twitter, and support the show directly at postevangelicalpost.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This episode is a re-release of my first interview with Mark Russell, author of several books including Second Coming, God is Disappointed in You, Apocrypha Now!, The Flintstones, Snagglepuss, Wonder Twins, Billionaire Island, and more. Superhero movies are returning to theaters soon, and I'm resurfacing this conversation because I think of it a lot when I think of superhero narratives in general.Mark Russell is one of my favorite comic book writers, whose ability to provide satirical and insightful social commentary through popular characters like The Flintstones, or subvert superhero tropes in books like The Wonder Twins sets him apart from other writers on the scene.Of particular interest to listeners of this show, he also writes the comic book Second Coming - a story of Jesus coming back to Earth to room with a Superman-type character. The mere announcement of this book was so 'controversial' that it led to an online petition that quite literally canceled the book before it was published by DC Comics.I talked to Mark about that book in particular in this episode: Mark Russell, author of Second Coming. I wrote about it here.-If you appreciate this show, support it via a paid subscription to The Post-Evangelical Post. Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain and follow the podcast @exvangelicalpod on Twitter & Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This week's guest is Beth Allison Barr, author of the new book The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. I'm joined by two guest co-hosts, Emily Autenrieth and Laura Navarro.The theology and practice of complementarianism in conservative Christian circles has shaped the lives of millions of women. For over a century, it has oppressed women and become a requirement for involvement and belonging in conservative churches. Dr. Barr's expertise in church history illustrates that - despite the claims of complementarianism's proponents - this is a newer understanding of Christian history and scripture, and not an unchanging, millennia-long orthodox belief.This is a book that will spur conversation inside and outside the church. You can purchase the book here or from A Seat at the Table Books.Follow Dr. Barr on Twitter: @bethallisonbarrOrder books from A Seat at the Table Books.Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain, and follow the podcast on Twitter & Instagram @exvangelicalpod.This episode was produced by Jake Lewis. Thank you, Jake!Exvangelical is part of Irreverent Media Group. Learn more at irreverent.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

This week's guest is Rev. Lenny Duncan. Lenny is a pastor and the author of two books: Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US, and the forthcoming United States of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope. In this conversation we talk about Rev. Duncan's life, his books, Christianity in America, and America overall. Please note there were some technical difficulties with this recording.Follow Lenny on Twitter and visit unitedstatesofgrace.com.Follow Blake on Twitter, subscribe to his newsletter, and visit his website.Exvangelical is part of the Irreverent Media Group. Visit irreverent.fm to see all the other shows.Buy Exvangelical merch here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

Exvangelical is now a part of the Irreverent Media Group! Visit irreverent.fm to learn more about this new collective.Follow Irreverent on social:twitter.com/irreverent_fminstagram.com/irreverent_fmfacebook.com/irreverentfmAre you a creator that wants to join IMG, or an advertiser looking for sponsorship opportunities? Email us at irreverentfm@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about

Dr. Anthea Butler returns to the show (she was a guest on season one of Powers & Principalities) to discuss her new book, White Evangelical Racism. Her book is of utmost importance to helping us understand both our past and our current moment. We discuss the history of white evangelical racism, and how it played a part in the Jan 6th insurrection and the murders in Atlanta in March 2021.I also wrote about the book in my new series, The Good Books, published via my newsletter The Post-Evangelical Post. Help support the show directly via a paid subscription to the newsletter. (Free tiers are also available.)Stay tuned for more news about the show next week!This interview was recorded on 3/19/2021.Follow Dr. Butler on Twitter @AntheaButler.Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain, and follow the show on Instagram @exvangelicalpod.This episode was produced and edited by Jake Lewis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about