16: Apostolic Anti-Vaxxers and Romance Novel Genocide

In this episode, Jeff and Kristin tackle two separate stories: the rise of a Charismatic worship musician and his path into right-wing politics… and the controversy around an award-winning Christian romance novel whose hunky hero “participates in” genocide.News and Updates* Talking about Doug Wilson’s Neo-Confederate Christianity and the Ivermectin debacle on the I Don’t Speak German podcast* The Cult Behind Josh Duggar on Behind The B******s* Christianity Today’s The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast* “Giant media companies are complicit in presenting religious extremism as harmless,” by Kristin Rawls on Flux Community* Mike Warnke’s The Satan Seller, on the You’re Wrong About podcast* “Selling Satan: The Tragic History of Mike Warnke”, published in 1992 in Cornerstone MagazineSean Feucht, Neo-Charismatic worship musician and activist* Who Is Sean Feucht? by Shannon Leigh on Medium* “Hate watch groups voice alarm about Sean Feucht’s Portland security volunteers”, by Alejandra Molina on the Religion News Service, August 08 2021* “Sean Feucht Calls Black Lives Matter Movement a ‘Fraud,’ Seeks to Turn ‘Riots’ Into ‘Revival’” by Peter Montgomery on Right Wing Watch, June 18, 2020* The New Apostolic Reformation, on Wikipedia* PROPHETIC ALERT!!! by Lance Wallnau: Podcast host, Prophet of God, and Life Coach* Amanda Rogers explains the difference between Christian Identity and “vanilla” right wing fundamentalism At Love’s Command, the Romance Novel with Genocide* “Romance Writers Of America Was Doing Better With Race — Until A Recent Award Choice”, by Karen Grigsby Bates on NPR.com, August 05 2021* “Romance Writers of America Rescind Award for Lakota Genocide Redemption Narrative,” by Steve Ammidown in The Library Journal, August 26 2021* “When a Jew loves a Nazi: Holocaust romance's award listings cause outrage”, by Alison Flood in The Guardian, August 10, 2015* “A Nazi, A Jewish Prisoner, And A ‘Magic’ Bible, Or, Christian Romance Fiction Gone Very, Very Wrong”, by Julia Seymour on Religion Dispatches, September 05 2015* Creating the Innocent Killer, by John Kessel in Foundation, the International Review of Science Fiction, Vol. 33, No 90, Spring 2004* Ender and Hitler: Sympathy for the Superman, by Elaine Radford Get full access to Christian Rightcast at rightcast.substack.com/subscribe