In May’s episode of Gender Jawn Anthea Butler discusses her new book about the history of evangelicalism in the U.S., how evangelical faith is politically leveraged as a powerful voting block, and why evangelicals vote overwhelmingly for politicians who do not practice what evangelicals preach. She exposes the practices of white evangelical racism in so-called color-blind Christianity to demonstrate how the battle between religion and politics is far from over and she explains the aesthetic & political brilliance of sliding down a stripper pole to hell in Lil Nas X’s “MONTERO (Call ME By Your Name).”

Check out Anthea Butler’s White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America, her article “Lil Nas X built ‘Montero’ to be the perfect lightning rod for Christian fears,” and her appearance on the upcoming documentary about Billy Graham The American Experience on PBS premiering May 17th.

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Original Music by David Chavannes
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