Dave Pellowe on the Church and State Summit, the Christian Right, and that photo with the Proud Boys

<p>Dave Pellowe is on the show this week to talk about the Church and State Summit that he founded and which has been the source of recent controversy. Articles in the Sydney Morning Herald and Eternity Magazine depicting Dave as a leading figure in a sinister Christian Right in Australia generated unprecedented debate and contention in the usually staid waters of Australian Christian political discourse. Dave discusses his interesting political journey, the origins, conception, aims and purposes of the Summit, the Christian Right and the controversial photo that recently (re)featured in an Eternity article in which Dave appeared with some Australian Proud Boys, one of whom is alleged to have made a white power symbol with his fingers.</p> <p>The Michael Koziol article in the Sydney Morning Herald is: <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-our-turn-inside-the-christian-right-conference-plotting-a-political-takeover-20210303-p577fv.html">'It’s our turn': Inside the Christian Right conference plotting a political takeover</a>.</p> <p>John Sandeman's article in Eternity Magazine is: <a href="https://www.eternitynews.com.au/australia/that-white-power-signal-resurfaces-as-the-christian-right-meets/">That "white power" signal resurfaces as Christian conservatives meet</a>.</p> <p>Dave Pellowe's conversation with John Sandeman about John's Eternity article can be viewed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpRYteyihYE">here</a>.</p> <p>Dave Pellowe is a writer and commentator, justice and human rights advocate, founder and editor-in-chief of <a href="https://goodsauce.news/pellowe/">The Good Sauce</a>, founder and convenor of the Church and State Summit and founder of Sanctity of Life Sunday.</p>