HODGES: We’re talking about your book Christian: The Politics of a Word in America. Christian. I think you’re okay with that!īOWMAN: Sounds good. HODGES: I should let people know that I know you, I’ve known you for a long time, so I’ll call you Matt. You can send questions and comments about this and other episodes to me at ***īLAIR HODGES: Matthew Bowman, welcome to the Maxwell Institute Podcast. Stick around at the end of the episode for our review of the month. Matthew Bowman joins us to talk about his latest book, Christian: The Politics of a Word in America from Harvard University Press. In this episode we’ll complicate the simple story and try to find out who gets to decide what counts as Christian in the United States. There are Christianities-ranging from conservative to liberal, all over the political spectrum. Matthew Bowman’s latest book is a wake-up call, reminding us that there’s no such thing as American Christianity. I’m Blair Hodges. What comes to mind when you hear the term “American Christians”? Most people today think of the so-called Religious Right, a loosely knit group of conservative Christians who oppose legal abortion, favor gun rights, and hail Ronald Reagan as like unto Moses. BLAIR HODGES: It’s the Maxwell Institute Podcast.
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