May 10, 2021
In May’s episode of Gender Jawn Anthea Butler discusses
her new book about the history of evangelicalism in the U.S., how
evangelical faith is politically leveraged as a powerful voting
block, and why evangelicals vote overwhelmingly for politicians who
do not practice what evangelicals preach. She exposes the practices
of white evangelical racism in so-called color-blind Christianity
to demonstrate how the battle between religion and politics is far
from over and she explains the aesthetic & political brilliance of
sliding down a stripper pole to hell in Lil Nas X’s “MONTERO (Call ME By
Your Name).”
Check out Anthea Butler’s
White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in
America, her article “Lil
Nas X built ‘Montero’ to be the perfect lightning rod for Christian
fears,” and her appearance on the upcoming documentary about
Billy Graham The American
Experience on PBS premiering May 17th.
Follow @AntheaButler on twitter
Original Music by David Chavannes
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