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Marketing Christian Libertarianism

Released Tuesday, 29th September 2020
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Marketing Christian Libertarianism

Marketing Christian Libertarianism

Marketing Christian Libertarianism

Marketing Christian Libertarianism

Tuesday, 29th September 2020
 1 person rated this episode
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Donate to help keep Truce going. Visit www.trucepodcast.com/donate for informationJames Fifield was a pastor, radio personality, publisher, and outspoken libertarian. He hated the New Deal and its restrictions. His organization, Spiritual Mobilization, created a marketing campaign that would bond Christianity to capitalism and the United States for decades to come.Also... you know those Ten Commandments monuments all over the country? Well, it turns out that many of them were built to advertise for one of the highest grossing movies of all time: Cecil B. Demille's "The Ten Commandments".Helpful links:

List of Ten Commandments monuments placed by the Eagles

Ten Commandments trailer featuring Cecil B. Demille

One Nation Under God by Kevin Kruse

The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald

Discussion Questions:

Is it creepy when corporations tell people how to behave?

Do you like it when companies tie religion to business?

Is Christianity an individualistic religion? A collectivist one? Neither? Both?

Does Leviticus 25:10 mean that we have a right to liberty? Or does it mean something else?

Should monuments to the 10 Commandments be allowed on public land?

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