Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"I think it's a really dangerous movement with ugly impulses driving it. It's bad for American politics, and it's bad for American faith."
In this clip from the Good Faith Podcast, Pete Wehner — writer at The Atlantic and a former White House staffer — offers a blunt assessment of Christian nationalism and of political figures like JD Vance whose public conduct he calls indefensible. He's candid that Trump supporters will hear this differently, and he says so directly. But his deeper concern is a pattern he finds painful: faith bent toward the pursuit of power. Host Curtis Chang and Pete weigh what faithful public witness should look like instead.
These are Pete's own views. Watch the full conversation, "When Protestant Curiosity Meets Catholic Wisdom with Pete Wehner," on the Good Faith channel.
#GoodFaith #PeteWehner #ChristianNationalism #FaithAndPolitics #JDVance #Christianity #PublicFaith #CurtisChang #Politics #Christian #Shorts
"I think it's a really dangerous movement with ugly impulses driving it. It's bad for American politics, and it's bad for American faith."
In this clip from the Good Faith Podcast, Pete Wehner — writer at The Atlantic and a former White House staffer — offers a blunt assessment of Christian nationalism and of political figures like JD Vance whose public conduct he calls indefensible. He's candid that Trump supporters will hear this differently, and he says so directly. But his deeper concern is a pattern he finds painful: faith bent toward the pursuit of power. Host Curtis Chang and Pete weigh what faithful public witness should look like instead.
These are Pete's own views. Watch the full conversation, "When Protestant Curiosity Meets Catholic Wisdom with Pete Wehner," on the Good Faith channel.
#GoodFaith #PeteWehner #ChristianNationalism #FaithAndPolitics #JDVance #Christianity #PublicFaith #CurtisChang #Politics #Christian #Shorts
