crude gospel

February 17, 2020 7:20 AM

"In this episode of [the podcast] Horns of a Dilemma, Darren Dochuk, associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, discusses his new book, Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America. Dochuk explores how oil grafted itself to the soul of the United States and became part of its identity. He uses the term “wildcat Christianity“ to describe the actions of oil prospectors who used the profits from their ventures to support Christian missionary endeavors around the world and traces how the religious identity and cultural identity of the United States are intertwined with this natural resource. "
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The Other Brother Duo That Brought Us the Modern GOP - J. Howard Pew and Joseph N. Pew Jr. who drove the rise of the modern GOP
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