Episode 18: Big Business Christianity Invented by Rev. Fifield and Spiritual Mobilization/

This episode continues a lengthy series reviewing a key historical section of the founding of conservative Christian media from Dr. Bennett's last book, "Two Masters and Two Gospels, Vol. 1: The Teaching of Jesus Vs. the "Leaven of the Pharisees" in Talk Radio and Cable News," of which more about it and its availability can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. It documents the rise of the "Apostle to the Millionaires", Rev. James Fifield Jr., who combined a pseudo Christianity with the government-hating big business value system that began the Spiritual Mobilization parachurch media empire and the origins of the modern Religious Right. The "Contemporary Intelligence Briefing Case File" of this episode provides an interesting history of censorship and book burning, and additional information on the emerging "business" of psychedelics. This episode was originally broadcast on WRFN on May 4, 2023. (c) Joseph Michael Bennett 2023