Ep. 103: Meet Us at the Corner of Evangelical Fundamentalism & Tiktok

EQ: To what extent should we pay attention to the intersection of white supremacy, religious fundamentalism, crazy, and Tiktok? 

In this episode of IWL, Hope and Megan delve into the weirdness that is the intersection of Tiktok, the Far-Right and Evangelical Fundamentalism.  Is the vaccine a mark of the beast? Is the Hunger Games hand signal a camaraderie between anti-vaxxers? How did “persecution culture” become a thing? How are private social media companies limiting or banning the spread of misinformation and lies? 

Lastly, these IWLs try a new segment to honor the end of the school year and #throwback to HS yearbooks--School Year Superlatives!

Related Resources:

• LARPING 

• The Christian Right 

• Formation of Christian Coalition ‘87

• The Power of Nightmares 

• This twitter thread is a great explanation! He also has a longer explanation in the article here

• Vaccine Misinformation Mixes With Extreme Faith

• Ep 39: Evangelicals Need to Come out of their Corner

• Ep 17: White Ladies, White Lies

• 2017 Year End Review: Women of the Alt Right

Do Your Fudging Homework:

• Hope: For a good laugh check out Kathleen Cameron, @kathdoestiktok

• Megan: Go watch this very Northwest persona, Bunny the Dog

Ep. 39: Evangelicals Need to Come Out of Their Corners

EQ:  How is Evangelicalism supporting white supremacy in American churches and government today and what do we do about it?

We are joined by Erin Jones, award-winning educator, independent education & systems consultant, public speaker, former candidate for State Superintendent (OSPI). As we unpack our essential question, we discuss the tension between faith and doubt, specifically that both are healthy. We wrestle with why so many people of faith unquestionably believe in their leadership (pastors) and are told to just “Do” rather than think about what they are doing. We explore the loaded nature of the word “evangelicalism” including how it’s changed meaning over time and gets interchanged with “Republicanism”. Evangelicalism has been boiled down to arguments about pro-life, gay marriage, guns, and voting for Trump. Erin also shares about her experience as a woman of color navigating white Evangelical churches. Finally, we discuss why it’s critical for Christians who don’t buy into the fear-mongering to come out of our silos and corners to engage in conversations about faith, religion and justice.

Related Readings:

• The New York Times: 11am Sunday is Our Most Segregated Hour

• America Jesuit Review: Sunday is Still the Most Segregated

• The New Yorker: Evangelicals of Color Fight Back

• “This is Not of God” New York Times

• Red Letter Christians

• Christian Social Justice Organization “Sojourners”

• From WA Post: The Walls Around Trump Are Crumbling: Evangelicals May His Last Resort

• The Trump Prophecy Movie

• The NY Times: Why Trump Reigns as King Cyrus

• John Pavlovitz  on Twitter & website “Stuff That Needs to Be Said”)

• Kaepernick and Just Do It Campaign

Do Your Fudging Homework:

• Annie: Are You an Evangelical? Are You Sure? by Jennifer Kurtzleben for NPR.

• Hope: Jim Wallis America’s Original Sin

• Erin: Words Matter Podcast, Quick to Listen (liberal learning Christians), Living in Effect, Faith Factor

  • Ways to contact you: Email: erinjones93@gmail.com, Facebook: Erin Jones 2016, Instagram: erinin2016, Twitter: @erinjonesin2016