Where politics, religion and history collide - and it's not always polite! Political opinion podcast hosted by former political science instructor and current political observer Jaye Pool. Left-leaning yet not perfectly bound by ideology. Historical context with a dose of progressive Christianity … read more
In today's episode, host Jaye Pool analyzes how the Third Way of the Democratic Party and the Religious Right, aligned with the Republican party, have led to a fractured, broken political system and democracy in peril. Delving into the histories of both movements that span several decades, Jaye argues that while these movements are different ideologically, both are rooted in a common choice to compromise on core values. Have these choices Democrats and white evangelical Christians made to compromise generations ago led to their logical conclusion in 2017?
Citations:
Balmer, Randall. 2014. "The Real Origins of the Religious Right." Politico. May 27. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133 (July 9, 2017)
Marcotte, Amanda. 2014. "It Wasn't Abortion That Formed the Religious Right. It Was Support for Segregation." Slate. May 29. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/29/the_religious_right_formed_around_support_for_segregation_not_against_abortion.html (July 9, 2017)
Penn, Mark, and Andrew Stein. 2017. "Back to the Center, Democrats." The New York Times. July 6. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/opinion/center-democrats-identity-politics.html (July 9, 2017)
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