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199: Inside Anti-Abortion Christian Nationalism (w/Rob Schenck)

199: Inside Anti-Abortion Christian Nationalism (w/Rob Schenck)

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199: Inside Anti-Abortion Christian Nationalism (w/Rob Schenck)

FromConspirituality

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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Reverend Rob Schenck spent 30 years on the front lines of the Evangelical war against Roe V. Wade. He blockaded abortion clinics, screamed at women in crisis, used fetal remains as political props, and helped wage a covert war of moneyed influence over federal officials to end abortion access.
Now, in a return to his deeper religious commitments, he is repenting his past. In an interview with Matthew, he discusses his blissful conversion experience as a teenager rooted in what he believed was a radical social justice movement. And he describes what he now sees: an anti-abortion movement helping to galvanize the Christian Nationalism poised to wreak havoc on American politics, and what we can do to push back against its aggression.
Show Notes
Fresh Air for July 11, 2018: An Evangelical Minister's Change Of Heart On Abortion
Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach
Former Anti-Abortion Lobbyist Rev Robert Schenck Statement on "Operation Higher Court"
Robert "Rob" L. Schenck
About - Truth Revealed — Rob Schenck’s blog
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Released:
Mar 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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