Suffering and Persecution: It’s In the Code Ep. 54 (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Why do conservative American Christians and Christian nationalists use the rhetoric of being “attacked” and “persecuted”? Why do they perceive themselves to be “suffering” in the contemporary United States, when they experience pronounced social, cultural, and legal privilege? And how do these ideas link up with the broader valorization of “suffering” within some forms of Christian identity? Dan takes on these issues in this week’s episode.

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-54-suffering-and-persecution/