Kaitlyn Schiess: America's Bible-haunted history and the way ahead

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Americans have long used the Bible to justify their politics. That's in part why today, younger Christians are rethinking their relationship to their faith, and the Bible's place in American political life. Kaitlyn Schiess says that's a good thing. She's the author of "The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here." For the second installment in our series about faith in American today, Schiess makes the case for how Christianity can play a healthier role in framing our politics. Revisit our first conversation in our series on faith in America, with Noah Feldman: What it means to be a Jew today. Guest: Kaitlyn Schiess, author of "The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here"; studies political theology at Duke Divinity School; and is co-host of the Holy Post podcast. Credits: 1 big thing is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, and Jay Cowit. Music is composed by Alex Sugiura and Jay Cowit. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can send questions, comments and story ideas as a text or voice memo to Niala at 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Americans have long used the Bible to justify their politics.
0:07.0	Now, as a new generation of Christians re-thinks their relationship to their faith,
0:15.0	many are kind of checking out of the political realm because of the great abuses they've seen in it.
0:22.0	The case for a new approach to the Bible's place it.
0:22.5	The case for a new approach to the Bible's place in American political life.
0:27.0	Instead of choosing between the Bible determines all of our policies or the Bible has no place in public life.
0:35.0	What I wish Christians and non-Christians could agree on together is this is an incredible resource
0:41.0	for thinking well about what makes a flourishing community.
0:45.0	I'm Nailaboodoo and from Axios this is one big thing. A past few days when I've been at that window upstairs I've thought a bit of the
1:02.1	shining city upon a hill.
1:05.0	Those have served through the ages have drawn inspiration from the book of
1:08.8	Isaiah. When the Lord says, who shall I send?
1:14.0	Who shall go for us?
1:16.0	American military has been answering for a long time.
1:19.0	Here I am, Lord, send me.
1:22.0	No one will be touching the cross of Christ under the Trump administration.
1:28.0	I swear to you that will never happen.
1:32.0	Never happen. Never happen.
1:34.0	Amazing.
1:36.0	Amazing.
1:37.0	Amazing.
1:38.0	Amazing great. great how sweet the sound that's that save a rich a rich by me. A messy tangle of religion and politics has defined so much of American history.
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