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Why Hate Crimes Are on the Rise
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Apr 18, 2019
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Podcast episode
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The Rundown00:01 - Phone call and defacing of synagogue library01:19 - Violence against religious minorities is on the rise02:56 - Responsibility of politics leaders and President Trump04:41 - Rabbi Gerson on what it's like to lead worshipers in unsettling times06:13 - The FBI's misleading hate crime statistics10:21 - Emboldening of white supremacists13:41 - White nationalism's global rise14:47 - Hope for the future15:54 - International response needed16:36 - Golf clap + other ways to connectFull transcript available on the Harvard Divinity School website. | Subscribe to HDS social and subscribe to our e-newsletter.Music credit: InSpectr (Free Music Archive)
Released:
Apr 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (11)
For Trump’s Evangelicals, the Inconvenient Teachings of Christ: Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election thanks in large part to overwhelming support from one particular group of folks: white evangelicals. But given what we know about evangelicals and their social positions centered on family values, and given what we know about Trump, a thrice-married casino mogul facing numerous allegations of adultery, sexual assault, and bigotry, where does this evangelical support for Trump come from? by The Harvard Religion Beat