This week on The State of Belief podcast, Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush sat down with Dr. Robert P. Jones, founder and president of the Public Religion Research Institute, for a powerful conversation about how race, religion, and politics collide in America - and how truth is the casualty. This is particularly true around the relentless efforts to rewrite the history of January 6th, 2021.
Robby’s the expert behind some pretty eye-opening books like The End of White Christian America and his latest, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future. He’s all about mixing solid research with deep insights, making him a go-to voice for understanding what’s really shaping our democracy and the forces trying to influence it.
A little more about Robby Jones: he’s been published in The Atlantic, TIME, and Religion News Service, and you’ve probably seen him on CNN, NPR, or MSNBC. His books, like White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, have won major awards, and his Substack on tackling white supremacy is a must-read at www.whitetoolong.net.
We also pay tribute to the late Jimmy Carter. Paul shares highlights of interviews he conducted with the 39th president of the United States over the years.
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