The Roundabout: ICE raids in churches, Christians and execution, our founding fathers and faith

It’s Thursday and time for another episode of The Roundabout.

This week, our weekly Roundabout panel turns its attention to issues of religion. We’re discussing evangelicals and Nazi ideology, Christians’ relationship to the death penalty, and ICE raids taking place in churches. We welcome Vanderbilt’s Dr. Phillis Sheppard, Russell Moore of Christianity Today and Liam Adams from The Tennessean to help unpack these urgent and complex topics.

And The Roundabout also welcomes your voice on the big stories of the week. Give us a call at 615-760-2000 to weigh in – or join us live streaming on YouTube at noon and pop your question into chat.

This episode was produced by Mary Mancini.

Guests:

• • Liam Adams, religion reporter, Tennessean
  • Russell Moore, Editor at-large of Christianity Today; host of The Russell Moore Show podcast; author of Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
  • Dr. Phillis Sheppard, E. Rhodes and Leona Chair Professor of Religion and Psychology and Culture; Faculty liaison for research and education, James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Non-violent Movements

Further listening and reading:

• Ken Burns on the American Revolution (The Russell Moore Podcast)
• A liberated Zimbabwe church after UMC splintering points to historic shift across Africa (Tennessean)
• In tight Tennessee congressional race, Republican Matt Van Epps pulls out victory (TN Lookout)
• Asylum seekers across US in limbo over Trump’s policy reversals: ‘devastating’
• ‘The Bible belt is a death belt’ Why Christians must drop the death penalty (Premier Christianity)