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The lads start 2023 off right by hopping aboard an adulterous plane and flying straight into the Rapture as they cover the disastrous Kirk Cameron vehicle: Left Behind: The Movie (2000). Topics include the origins of the Tribulation, the clientele of leather bars, and the surprising endurance of the concept that, one day, the Lord will strike Christians nude and yeet them into Heaven. Want more TWOAPW? Get access to our full back catalogue of premium/bonus episodes and add your name to the masthead of our website by subscribing for $5/month at Patreon.com/worstofall! Media Referenced in the Episode: Left Behind: The Movie. Available on Amazon Prime. “Fast-Selling Thrillers Predict Prophetic View of Final Days” by Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, October 4th, 1998 “Jerry B. Jenkins: The Tim LaHaye I Knew” by Jerry B. Jenkins, Christianity Today, July 25th, 2016 “Success of Christian Thriller Reflects Rising Interest in Religious Fiction” by Dinitia Smith, New York Times, June 8th, 2000 “Tim LaHaye, Evangelical Legend Behind ‘Left Behind' Series, Dies at 90” by Camila Domonoske, NPR, July 25th, 2016. “Tim LaHaye Obituary” by Stephen Bates, The Guardian, July 28th, 2016. “Tim LaHaye Will Move to Washington to Promote Christian Political Activity" Christianity Today, December 14th, 1984. TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: brendan-dalton.com / brendandalton.bandcamp.com Featuring Tony Ditty as “A.J. Ditty's Actual Father”
What do Denmark Vesey, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King, Jr. and William Barber have in common? Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, to find out how these people worked within the church forming the foundation of the fight for social justice in America. Learn how the Black/African American church from its earliest founding to its modern incarnation continues to see, say, and confront systemic racism. Like what you hear? Please give us a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1528399551 Your 5-star rating will help us promote more content like this. Citations “Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years,” The Conversation, June 17, 2020 https://theconversation.com/black-religious-leaders-are-up-front-and-central-in-us-protests-as-they-have-been-for-the-last-200-years-140136 Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game,” Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times, June 10, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/us/politics/politics-religion-liberal-william-barber.html “Young Black Christians see churches' social justice programs as failures, seek greater activism,” Danae King, The Columbus Dispatch, March 1, 2021 https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/03/01/social-activism-not-prayer-young-black-christians-seek-church/4540077001/ “The Black Church,” American Experience, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-black-church/ “This Far by Faith,” Denmark Vesey, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/denmark_vesey.html “Thugs and Terrorists Have Attacked Black Churches for Generations,” Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, June 18, 2015, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/thugs-and-terrorists-have-plagued-black-churches-for-generations/396212/ “Where Today's Black Church Leaders Stand on Activism,” John Eligon, The New York Times, April 3, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/mlk-church-civil-rights.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carol-francois/support
Correspondents Report speaks to the National Religion Correspondent for the New York Times in the wake of a damning report accusing priests in Pennsylvania of abusing at least 1000 children.
James Comey’s firing has raised questions of a White House cover-up and drawn comparisons to Nixon’s midnight massacre. But is there a version of this story that suggests it amounts to little? Plus: the case for and against politics from the pulpit. Guests: Jeremy W. Peters, who has been covering the reaction to Mr. Comey’s firing in the conservative news media; Laurie Goodstein, the religion correspondent for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit http://nyti.ms/2pRTvAg.
New York Times religion reporter Laurie Goodstein delivers the keynote address during the Religious Literacy and Journalism Symposium at Harvard Divinity School. Opening remarks are offered by HDS Dean David N. Hempton, Diane L. Moore, director of the Religious Literacy Project at HDS, and Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion at Boston University. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.
A roundtable discussion with journalists and scholars during a symposium organized by the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School in collaboration with Boston University. Panelists were: Diane Moore, Harvard Divinity School; Stephen Prothero, Boston University; and Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.
Laurie Goodstein recently reported on Pennsylvania grand jury revelations about Church abuse i. She's covered similar stories for years and talks about how it has — and hasn't — changed.
Laurie Goodstein recently reported on Pennsylvania grand jury revelations about Church abuse i. She’s covered similar stories for years and talks about how it has — and hasn’t — changed.