Trumpism: Theological Reflections
Season 2, Episode 244, May 28, 2020, 08:58 AM
What can we learn about Trumpism, using Christian theological reflection? It’s important to understand the spiritual dimension of this political ideology.
Our show pushes back against the unexamined, often unconscious ways that we frame public questions using political or economic modes of thinking. We aim to be part of a growing movement of people who are critical of the narrowness of political and economic categories, and who want to revive a vision of human flourishing that is grounded in the wisdoms of theological and moral philosophical tradition. We see these habits and ways of thinking as being pre-political, and foundational to a healthy and civil shared life in families, communities, economies, and polities.
In short, we want to create a community that is grounded in curiosity, going deep, and shining light.
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Here are timecodes to help you navigate through today’s show:
04:16 Trumpism is not conservatism. How does this realization help us understand what in God’s name is going on in the world? Why does the mainstream media insist on framing our political life as liberal versus conservative?
06:40 What is the idolatry of Trumpism?
09:15 If the City of God is ruled by love, the city that is turned away from God is ruled by fear. Agree or disagree?
13:46 How do the concepts of caritas and cupiditas illuminate the difference between the city that is ruled by the law of love, and the city that is in rebellion against the law of love?
18:05 “Remove justice, and what are kingdoms, but gangs of criminals on a large scale,” said Augustine. How true is that?