Apr 30, 2025
Christian nationalism, by its very nature, is anti-democratic.
I have come to believe that not only is this true, but it poses a serious threat to democracy not just in America, but indeed the world. With Donald Trump back in power--aided and abetted by another overwhelming majority of evangelicals--we are seeing...
Jan 15, 2025
Welcome to the first episode of The Dismantling Doctrine Podcast for 2025!
This inaugural episode features a catch-up conversation with two old friends, Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman. They are the authors of the classic 1978 work on cults and mind control entitled Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden...
Nov 18, 2022
This week's episode features a conversation with Jennifer Cohn, an investigative journalist who primarily writes for the Bucks County Beacon.
Through her work investigating issues such as election integrity in the runup to the 2016 election, Jennifer became aware of the NAR--the New Apostolic Reformation--and the key...
Dec 7, 2020
In this fourth bonus episode, I'm taking a slightly different direction away from the charismatic "apostles and prophets" who failed in their predictions of a Trump landslide.
This time, I'm looking at the issue of why voices on the Christian Right--who might possibly disavow their more charismatic brothers and...
Nov 23, 2020
There's just so much information out there that I am having a hard time keeping up with all of it!
As I struggle to keep up, here's my third bonus episode on this topic, as we continue to watch the so-called "prophets" who confidently predicted a Trump victory--and who are now proven to be false prophets.
What other...