Staging area just south of st. Helena in rutherford. We are pretty much surrounded by fire on the hillside all around us. There is activity on Spring Mountain road and we tried to go there. But we got blocked. It was too dangerous even for media crews. We saw a cal fire investigator gathering evidence of a fire that seems to have started off of the road next to a steep hillside. There were evidence markers and he was on his hands and knees using Electronic Devices to scan for clues. The investigator did not say much about why he was there. The blaze raced up the hillside where firefighters were called in. We spent the morning around the hills southwest of calistoga. One benefit of the inversion layer is the thick smoke trapped in the valley is starving the fire of oxygen. Much of the town is empty under mandatory evacuation order. We did meet buster davis. He survived the 2017 fire. He says he has worked too long and too hard to walk away now. This is my life. Aint nobody going to tell
Professor Mark David Hall joins us now via zoom hes the author of the just released book whos afraid of christian by Christian Nationalism is not a threat to america or the church. Mr. Hall good sunday to you. How do you define the term nationalism . Why . You have my own definition, but i think the important thing to begin with is how its been defined. 2006 basically starting 2006, a steady stream, books started coming out, explain that theres this group of christians theocrats who want to take over america for christ and oppress literally everyone else except for White Christian males. This is in the polemical literature by people like michelle ingersoll and Kathryn Stewart and julie, julie ingersoll, michelle goldberg, katherine stewart, Andrew Seidel. They make these claims. In 2000, 19 scholars came along and brought a bit more sense to the debate. But people like Andrew Whitehead and samuel perry defined Christian Nationalism as it stew of racism sexism. Nationalism, people who w
Us now via zoom hes the author of the just released book whos afraid of christian by Christian Nationalism is not a threat to america or the church. Mr. Hall good sunday to you. How do you define the term nationalism . Why . You have my own definition, but i think the important thing to begin with is how its been defined. 2006 basically starting 2006, a steady stream, books started coming out, explain that theres this group of christians theocrats who want to take over america for christ and oppress literally everyone else except for White Christian males. This is in the polemical literature by people like michelle ingersoll and Kathryn Stewart and julie, julie ingersoll, michelle goldberg, katherine stewart, Andrew Seidel. They make these claims. In 2000, 19 scholars came along and brought a bit more sense to the debate. But people like Andrew Whitehead and samuel perry defined Christian Nationalism as it stew of racism sexism. Nationalism, people who want to bring christ and country
Author, Event Coordinator here at the library. And thank you. Thank you for joining us for this evenings program. Some quick notes, if you havent already. Books being sold by our bookselling partner, snug books right outside. Theyll be available for purchase now or after the program and tickets are still available. Ali velshi joining us in may on may 9th. Go Pratt Library dot org to find out more and reserve your tickets and now for tonights program. Tonight im happy welcome jonna mendez to the Pratt Library to discuss her new book in true face a womans life in the cia unmasked. In it, she talks about her cia career as a contract wife performing secretarial duties for the cia as a convenience to her. A young officer stationed in europe and true face recounts not only the drama of mendezs high stakes work, how the savvy operator parlayed her everyday woman appeal into incredible subterfuge, but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the
Us now via zoom hes the author of the just released book whos afraid of christian by Christian Nationalism is not a threat to america or the church. Mr. Hall good sunday to you. How do you define the term nationalism . Why . You have my own definition, but i think the important thing to begin with is how its been defined. 2006 basically starting 2006, a steady stream, books started coming out, explain that theres this group of christians theocrats who want to take over america for christ and oppress literally everyone else except for White Christian males. This is in the polemical literature by people like michelle ingersoll and Kathryn Stewart and julie, julie ingersoll, michelle goldberg, katherine stewart, Andrew Seidel. They make these claims. In 2000, 19 scholars came along and brought a bit more sense to the debate. But people like Andrew Whitehead and samuel perry defined Christian Nationalism as it stew of racism sexism. Nationalism, people who want to bring christ and country