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Truce - History of the Christian Church

Truce explores the history of the evangelical church in America, from fundamentalism to pyramid schemes to political campaigns. Host Chris Staron uses journalistic tools to investigate how the church got here and how it can do better.The current season follows the rise of the Religious Right, examining the link between evangelicals and the Republican Party. Featuring special guests like Rick Perlstein, Frances Fitzgerald, Jesse Eisinger, Daniel K. Williams, and more.

Fundamentalism Contest!

1 min; February 08, 2022

What Is An Evangelical? | Christian Fundamentalism Series

29 mins; February 01, 2022

Season Five Trailer - The History of Christian Fundamentalism

1 min; January 18, 2022

The Pew and the Picket Line (rebroadcast)

35 mins; January 04, 2022

Christmas and the Sermon on the Mount

7 mins; December 23, 2021

Carry Nation and Women's Rights

26 mins; December 21, 2021

Suffrage and Prohibition

26 mins; December 07, 2021

The Wrong Way to Build a Christian City: Girolamo Savonarola

24 mins; November 23, 2021

The Chosen with creator Dallas Jenkins

17 mins; November 09, 2021

King Leopold's Ghost (feat. Adam Hochschild)

44 mins; October 26, 2021

Christians and the British Slave Trade (feat. Adam Hochschild)

39 mins; October 12, 2021

The Cult of MLM

23 mins; September 28, 2021

The Hidden History of Multi-Level Marketing

45 mins; September 14, 2021

Fall Town Hall

3 mins; September 09, 2021

How Do Pyramid Schemes Work?

30 mins; August 31, 2021

Can I Still Love the Church?

44 mins; August 17, 2021

100th Episode

38 mins; August 03, 2021

The American West: Is It A Sin to Be Wealthy? (featuring Yale Professor Justin Farrell)

49 mins; July 20, 2021

Apology for an Inappropriate Ad

4 mins; July 07, 2021

The American West: Conservation Easements

36 mins; July 06, 2021

The American West: Johnson County War

48 mins; June 22, 2021

The American West: Jesus and John Wayne

52 mins; June 08, 2021

Kaitlyn Schiess and Our Four False Gospels

44 mins; May 25, 2021

Jemar Tisby and How to Fight Racism

37 mins; May 11, 2021

Takeaway 5: It's Easier to Call People to a Heritage Than A Saving Faith

14 mins; April 27, 2021

Takeaway 4: Complexity is Cool

15 mins; April 20, 2021

Takeaway 3: Treat Labor Well

19 mins; April 13, 2021

Takeaway 2: Communism as a Scapegoat (feat. Jemar Tisby)

20 mins; April 06, 2021

Takeaway 1: Think Deeper About the Past

9 mins; March 30, 2021

How to Deal With Christian Nationalism

36 mins; March 16, 2021

Skye Jethani and Post-Christian America

38 mins; March 02, 2021

Is School Prayer Illegal?

34 mins; February 16, 2021

Jerry Falwell and Apartheid

15 mins; February 02, 2021

Town Hall Reminder

33 secs; January 25, 2021

Exporting Jesus and the American Way (feat. Melani McAlister)

35 mins; January 19, 2021

Town Halls Coming Soon

1 min; January 18, 2021

A Christian Response to the Attack on the US Capitol

4 mins; January 07, 2021

McCarthyism Before McCarthy

31 mins; January 05, 2021

Positive Memories of 2020

11 mins; December 30, 2020

Christmas Episode Exchange

22 mins; December 22, 2020

I Want to Hear from You!

1 min; December 10, 2020

Are Nativity Scenes Illegal on Public Land?

28 mins; December 08, 2020

The American Coup in Guatemala

39 mins; November 24, 2020

Billy Graham v. Communism

40 mins; November 10, 2020

We Want A King

23 mins; October 27, 2020

Rebrodcast: Why Does Donald Trump Appeal to Evangelicals?

17 mins; October 20, 2020

The Ad Council, CIA, and Christian America

36 mins; October 13, 2020

Fatty Arbuckle and the MPAA

23 mins; October 06, 2020

Marketing Christian Libertarianism

37 mins; September 29, 2020

The National Prayer Breakfast and The Family

28 mins; September 15, 2020

An Evaluation

8 mins; September 08, 2020

The New Deal

35 mins; September 01, 2020

Is the Church With Workers?

29 mins; August 18, 2020

The Pew and the Picket Line (feat. Heath Carter)

35 mins; August 04, 2020

$12,400

5 mins; July 28, 2020

Spiritual Life and Leadership

53 mins; July 21, 2020

The Case Against the Pledge

11 mins; July 14, 2020

Your Youth Group Trip Was Cancelled - Now What?

3 mins; July 07, 2020

The Pledge of Allegiance

34 mins; July 03, 2020

Truce Needs Your Support

2 mins; July 01, 2020

Empire: The Game!

38 mins; June 23, 2020

Home of the Forgotten

27 mins; June 09, 2020

Teddy Roosevelt and the Guano Islands

31 mins; May 26, 2020

How to Hide an Empire

20 mins; May 12, 2020

Is the US a Christian Nation?

30 mins; April 28, 2020

Is Revolution Biblical?

22 mins; April 14, 2020

Faith of the Founding Fathers

36 mins; March 30, 2020

Why Are We Covering This?

27 mins; March 27, 2020

Godless Utopia

31 mins; March 17, 2020

Pioneer 1

12 mins; March 03, 2020

Vladimir Prokhnevskiy: Christian Refugee from Ukraine

28 mins; February 25, 2020

Religious Persecution Under the Soviet Union

30 mins; February 18, 2020

The Rise of Lenin and Stalin

29 mins; February 04, 2020

What is the Difference Between Communism and Socialism?

32 mins; January 21, 2020

History of the Russian Church

35 mins; January 07, 2020

A Russian Christmas

22 mins; December 24, 2019

Christmas Episode Exchange

24 mins; December 18, 2019

Rasputin

31 mins; December 10, 2019

The Fall of the Romanovs

23 mins; November 26, 2019

Romanov Stroganoff

33 mins; November 12, 2019

Phil Vischer, Creator of VeggieTales

28 mins; October 29, 2019

Season 3 Trailer

1 min; October 17, 2019

The Faith of Napoleon Bonaparte

33 mins; September 03, 2019

Patreon/ Season 3 Update featuring Eric Nevins of Halfway There

3 mins; August 27, 2019

We are the 99%

16 mins; August 06, 2019

Leverage: How Wealthy Christians Use Money to Change the Church

25 mins; July 30, 2019

John D. Rockefeller: Money in the Church

23 mins; July 23, 2019

Are Christians Supposed to Tithe?

17 mins; July 16, 2019

Using the Internet to Reach Muslims

21 mins; June 25, 2019

Population Scare!

21 mins; June 25, 2019

Reaching Muslims featuring Samy Tanagho

11 mins; June 18, 2019

Should Christians Fear Muslims?

27 mins; June 11, 2019

Embryo Adoption - featuring Nate Birt of "Frozen But Not Forgotten"

7 mins; June 04, 2019

Fatty Arbuckle and the MPAA

22 mins; May 28, 2019

Censorship

37 mins; May 21, 2019

How Multi-Level Marketing Targets Christians (4 of 4)

23 mins; May 07, 2019

The Amway Decision (feautring Robert Fitzpatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert) (3 of 4)

13 mins; April 30, 2019

The Human Cost of Multi-Level Marketing (featuring Robert Fitzpatrick) (2 of 4)

26 mins; April 23, 2019

Multi-Level Marketing, Pyramid, and Ponzi Schemes (1 of 4)

29 mins; April 16, 2019

Prosperity and Reformed: Follow the Money

2 mins; April 09, 2019

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