Peter looks into the secular turn of American neo-con and right wing social media influencers' rhetoric. Peter traces this turn by looking at Charlie Kirk as a case study, Kirk was fatally shot last week at Utah Valley Univeristy in the United States.
Crawley and Peter Lineham discuss Newsboys singer Michael Tait's fall from grace following accusations of sexual assault as well as the parallel industry of secular Christian music in the United States.
Peter is on the line to discuss his recent inquiry into the right wing trajectory of evangelicalism and it's followers in the United States over the previous century. Peter focus' particularly on the political differences between father and son Billy Graham and Franklin Graham, and the ideological differences between evangelical public figures and the general public.
Professor Emeritus Peter Lineham phones in for the weekly check-in on the metaphysical and esoteric world. This week Peter covers the life of the recently deceased James Dobson. An influential figure in American evangelical Christianity and a driving force behind turning evangelicals into a political bloc.
Professor Peter Lineham discusses the recent statement from the New Zealand Jewish Council on rising antisemitism, instances of antisemitism in Aotearoa, defining hate speech in religious terms, and how antisemitism and criticisms of the Netanyahu government and Israel can be conflated.
Professor Emeritus Peter Lineham phones in to catch us up on the recent Destiny's Church march, their flag-burning activities and also the large statue of Guru Rinpoche set to be installed in the Waiwera Valley.
Oto and Peter had a kōrero about Shia Islam, the differences between it and the more widely followed Sunni sect and it's role in Middle-Eastern geopolitics.
Peter Lineham phones in to catch up Crawley and us listeners about his recent travels to China and the ways in which religions are currently practiced in China.
Peter Lineham discusses the place of state-integrated religious schools within New Zealand's schooling system and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that prevents Catholic from recieving subsidaries.
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