Religion reporter Terry Mattingly on White Evangelicals and the Qanon political cult

<p>Terry Mattingly, founder of <a href="https://www.getreligion.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GetReligion.org and</a> a nationally syndicated religious columnist, talks about the ways in which conspiracy theories like Qanon are merging with conservative white evangelical subculture.</p><p><br></p><p>The Atlantic piece on Qanon is <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>, and Terry's responses are <a href="https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2020/5/18/new-podcast-the-atlantic-needed-to-talk-to-some-evangelical-experts-about-qanon-threat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2020/5/18/atlantic-probes-qanon-sect-and-finds-shocking-another-evangelical-ish-conspiracy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2020/5/21/thinking-about-qanon-joe-carter-sends-strong-warning-to-evangelicals-about-this-heresy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Outro music: "Working On a Dream" by Bruce Springsteen</p> <p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame">http://supporter.acast.com/thelonggame</a>.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>