Episode 91: Star Spangled Christian Nationalism With April Ajoy

Data Over Dogma

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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When you hear the phrase "Christian Nationalism," what do you think of? A harmful set of ideologies that threaten democracy? A buzzword phrase used by bad people to demonize good Christians? April Ajoy has had a journey of conscience from being a full-throated Christian Nationalist to someone fighting against the damage she now sees in that set of dogmas. The real trick of it was that at the time, she didn't know that phrase, or why it would have applied to her. She just thought she was being a faithful Christian. On this week's show, she'll talk about her new book Star Spangled Jesus. It tells the story of growing up the daughter of a prominent pastor, and touring the world to evangelize the gospel with her family. She went from absolute certainty in her Christian faith and it's unbreakable connection to Republican party politics, to a massive moral crisis and painful deconstruction. Find Star Spangled Jesus wherever you buy your books, and look for her online content on TikTok and Instagram @aprilajoy For early access to an ad-free version of every episode of Data Over Dogma, exclusive content, and the opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma Follow us on the various social media places: https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod https://www.twitter.com/data_over_dogma Hey! Don't forget to pre-order Dan McClellan's upcoming book The Bible Says So https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGLTkpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQY4Ahs0Hi289IcnsQMh_0OAVf3oGefyUsWkLjhfB8OF8nio1fmroJbXxA_aem_v_4sISp8Zt43zsKfDjx1aA This episode was sponsored by BetterHelp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.2	Like when I take a step back, I'm like, no, y'all are demonizing me and you're celebrating this man as someone that Jesus would choose to lead our Christian nation?
1:11.4	I'm like, are you reading the Gospels at all?
1:20.5	Hey, everybody, I'm Dan McClellan. And I'm Dan Beecher. And you are listening to the Data Over Dogma podcast where we increase public access to the academic study of the Bible
1:25.2	and religion and combat the spread of misinformation about
1:28.9	the same.
1:29.5	How are things today, Dan?
1:31.0	It's a star-spangled day here on the Data Over Dogma show.
1:34.8	I notice you're wearing a red sweatshirt.
1:37.5	And my first impression was a Buffalo Bill's jersey.
1:41.6	And I was like, it can't be that.
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