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Archives for October 2021
David Blight coming to Messiah University!
On Tuesday, October 12, Yale historian David Blight will deliver the 2021 Messiah University American Democracy Lecture. Free tickets are still available. They can be reserved at the Messiah ticket office: 717-691-6036. On Wednesday, October 13, I will join my […]
How to support CURRENT
We just passed the sixth-month mark at Current. Things are moving along. We have built a small part-time staff that includes an associate editor, business manager, and podcast producer, and we are getting very close to paying our wonderful writers. But […]
Kathleen Parker on religious liberty…in 2004
As I prepared for this week’s episode of A History of Evangelicals and Politics podcast I came across a column from syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker. I read it in the June 28, 2004 issue of the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. […]
The president of a new conservative organization of Christian colleges misrepresents those Christian schools who did not join his group
David Jesse, a journalist with the Detroit Free Press and a graduate of conservative evangelical Cornerstone University, has a long piece on Christian colleges titled “Some conservative Christian colleges see growth where other schools see declines.” Read it here. Let’s […]
Evangelical roundup for October 11, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? What would Edmund Burke say about what evangelicals call “conservatism.” White evangelicals in denial: Francis Collins on science and faith. He is till trying to get evangelicals to take the vaccine. I am sure […]
Republic of Letters, Republic of Books
To give up on reading is to give up on America
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Lee Robson reviews Louis Menand, The Free World The Fisk Jubilee Singers “Problematic“ Herd immunity in historical perspective Seeing people, not groups Rod Dreher on Francis Collins The collapse of […]
Changes at the Omohundro Institute
Here is the press release: WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Oct. 8, 2021) – Colonial Williamsburg has renewed its commitment to independent scholarly research by joining William & Mary to financially support the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture. The Omohundro Institute […]
David Barton’s son talks slavery and Black history with sportswriter Jason Whitlock. It is a train wreck.
Tim Barton, the son of David Barton, appeared on sports writer Jason Whitlock‘s show “Fearless.” The show is part of Glenn Beck’s “Blaze Media.” Whitlock joined Blaze Media because he “wanted to partner with people who wouldn’t look at me […]
What is going on in Idaho?
I am a little late to this story, but it seems to set up a rip-roaring election in November. While GOP governor Brad Little was in Texas, his Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin grabbed the reins and banned COVID-19 passports and […]
Albert Mohler interviews Gordon Wood
The 87-year-old American historian has a new book out. It is titled Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution. Listen here. At about the 34:00 mark Mohler asks Wood about how he does history. Wood talks about the ahistorical […]
What is popular this week at CURRENT?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: Brian A. Smith, The Limits of Equity Russel Arben Fox, When Pro-Lifers Turn Pro-Choice John Fea, The Age of Trump Mark Schwehn, Utility of a Higher Order David Tucker, The […]
Should History Make You Feel Bad?
Critical race theory is flawed. Banning it is far worse.Â
THE BAGPIPE covers CURRENT
I am very excited to see this piece in the Covenant College newspaper. A taste: Jay D. Green, Professor of History at Covenant, is the managing editor for an online journal called Current. It provides commentary and reflection on culture, […]
Evangelical roundup for October 7, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? The Christian Right is gathering this weekend in Leesburg, Virginia Evangelicals are growing. What does Trump have to do with it? I agree: Evangelical Twitter I am not sure I understand Owen’s tweet: Jim […]
The “Age of Trump”
The brand of politics Trump unleashed shows every sign of shaping an era
Victor Davis Hanson on leaving the NATIONAL REVIEW
If you want to understand the divided state of American conservatism (if you can call it that) right now,, check out this taste of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Victor Davis Hanson: VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: I didn’t know much about Donald […]
Utility of a Higher Order
Love of God and neighbor are at stake in the battles over liberal learning
On the road, in print, and at Messiah University
On Sunday I flew down to sunny Palm Beach, Florida to deliver the Presidential Distinguished Scholar Lectures at Palm Beach Atlantic University. I am making new friends in this hospitable and thoughtful intellectual community and hopefully saying some things from […]