[E20] The Deconstruction Series - Part 6: Nationalism & American Exceptionalism

Tim and Chris step up to bat on the topic of nationalism and U.S. exceptionalism. Join the conversation on immigrants, war, and the Avatar. 

TIME STAMPS

• 3:55 - Stats
• 10:25 - Ground Rules
• 17:58 - American Nationalism
• 20:57 - Tim’s Story
• 26:34 - What We’re Unpacking
• 56:10 - Christian Nationalism
• 1:23:40 - Wrap Up
• 1:24:24 - Resources
• 1:31:07 - There Is Always More Than This

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• “Jesus and John Wayne” by Kristen Kobes Du Mez https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-John-Wayne-Evangelicals-Corrupted/dp/163149905X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OBFPA40Z4W5K&dchild=1&keywords=jesus+and+john+wayne&qid=1633998896&s=books&sprefix=jesus+and+john%2Cstripbooks%2C224&sr=1-1

• “NATIONAL SURVEY FINDS JUST 1 IN 3 AMERICANS WOULD PASS CITIZENSHIP TEST” Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation https://woodrow.org/news/national-survey-finds-just-1-in-3-americans-would-pass-citizenship-test/

• “Most Patriotic Countries 2021” World Population Review https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-patriotic-countries

• “Quality of Life” USNEWS.COM https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/quality-of-life-rankings

• “U.S. Image Plummets Internationally as Most Say Country Has Handled Coronavirus Badly” Richard Wike, Janell Fetterolf, Mara Mordecai https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/15/us-image-plummets-internationally-as-most-say-country-has-handled-coronavirus-badly/

• “Countries with the largest number of prisoners per 100,000 of the national population, as of May 2021” Statistica.com https://www.statista.com/statistics/262962/countries-with-the-most-prisoners-per-100-000-inhabitants/

• “Gun Ownership By Country 2021” World Population Review https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-ownership-by-country

• “Countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2020” M. Szmigiera https://www.statista.com/statistics/262742/countries-with-the-highest-military-spending/

• "America is not the greatest country in the world anymore" - The Newsroom 2012” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIpKfw17-yY

• “How States Voted In Every Presidential Election, From George Washington To Donald Trump” Insider News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCG52EeOv38

• “Human Freedom Index” Ian Vasquez and Fred McMahon https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2020

• “Index of Economic Freedom” https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

• “Crooked Ways” Propaganda https://open.spotify.com/track/2IKm4pDopgAgBSVKZd2Fqw?si=2675eee6f0454753

• “INFOGRAPHIC: U.S. HEALTHCARE SPENDING” Peter G Peterson Foundation https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-us-healthcare-spending

• “Bible Belt” Liberapedia.wikia.org https://liberapedia.wikia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt

• “Red states, blue states, and divorce: Understanding the impact of conservative protestantism on regional variation in divorce rates” Contemporary Families.org https://contemporaryfamilies.org/impact-of-conservative-protestantism-on-regional-divorce-rates/ A History of Private Schools & Race in the American South” Southern Education.org https://www.southerneducation.org/publications/historyofprivateschools/

• “Why do White Christians Vote Republican, and Black Christians Vote Democrat?” The Holy Post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4eS2E-PoGo   

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