The Evangelical to Conspiracy Theory Pipeline

Jared Stacy with Pete Enns and Jared Byas

Jared Stacy explains how fear, decline narratives, identity, and spiritualized stories of good and evil can draw evangelical communities toward conspiracy thinking.

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STARTING FRAMEChristian ethical critique of evangelical conspiracy culture

EXPLORESChurch, Power & Institution

ENGAGEMENT EFFORTApproachable

REVIEW DEPTHL2 · Inner Atlas Reviewed

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You are trying to understand conspiracy beliefs in a church or family without reducing people to gullibility.

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The episode focuses on American evangelicalism and approaches conspiracy culture critically. It offers a framework for recognition and repair, not clinical care or a guide to adjudicating every claim.