Co-Option: Breaking Up the Bases

A Brief History of Power

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Co-Option: Breaking Up the Bases

Ep. 252

Jonathan McAdam Fisk

Aug 22, 2024

Transcript

Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Jonathan Fisk talk about Megan Basham’s book Shepherds for Sale, how non-profit organizations interact with politics, how Evangelical voting blocks are being broken up, and how the Stasi controlled churches in East Germany.

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Luther Classical College.

Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford and Hebron Collegium

Book mentioned – God’s Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church by Elisabeth Braw

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Music thanks to Verny

Discussion about this podcast

A Brief History of Power

Every week Dr. Adam Koontz and Rev. Jonathan Fisk check their privilege against the backdrop of the wide and varied annals of history. You don‘t have to believe the Babel about the sons of Noah being a rosetta for understanding the postmodern global politic to agree that an intellectual dark web exists because history always rhymes, no matter what you try to do about it. You might not save the world by listening, citizen, but that doesn‘t mean you won‘t save someone. Because knowing is only the first half of the battle.

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