Both the “religious” and the “spiritual” among us have this in common: a longing for inspiration
Archives for November 2021
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Why is an image of Wheaton College atop this piece on “failed conservative ” and “right-wing breakaway” colleges. The Anti-Racist movement as a “counterproductive religion‘ Ta-Nehisi Coates on Tony Judt […]
The Jacobin editors on the “commonsense solidarity” of the American working class
The socialist magazine Jacobin recently published a study on the political views of the American working-class. The editors offer several takeaways: “Working-class voters prefer progressive candidates who focus primarily on bread-and-butter economic issues, and who frame those issues in universal […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Vincent Bacote, “Wide Awoke at Wheaton” John Fea, “Canceling Jon Meacham” Nadya Williams, “Conspiracy or Hoax?” Daniel Hummel, “Remote Work, Redux” John Fea, “An Open Letter to American History Teachers: […]
A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build
On leaving the “moral chemotherapy” unit
Ron Sider on the problems with the Democrats
At his Substack page, progressive evangelical Ronald Sider reflects on the current state of his political party. A taste: You would think Democrats would recognize the vast cultural and ideological diversity of the country and say that our pluralistic society […]
The Author’s Corner with J. Matthew Gallman
J. Matthew Gallman is Professor of History at the University of Florida. This interview is based on his new book, The Cacophony of Politics: Northern Democrats and the American Civil War (University of Virginia Press, 2021). JF: What led you […]
Evangelical roundup for November 11, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? U.S. Senators call for an investigation of sexual assault at Liberty University. 60% of white evangelicals believe the 2020 election was stolen. A collection of J.I. Packer’s writings from Christianity Today: Private Christian schools […]
Kareem Abdul Jabbar blasts Aaron Rodgers
The hoops legend pulls no punches on the former Cal-Berkeley student: Professional athletes have come so far from the dark days when the public saw them as perpetually partying adolescents, mean-spirited bullies, and worse: dim-wits one step above tackling dummies […]
The beauty of Messiah University’s campus
Thanks to my colleague Dave Hoffman for letting me post his pics!
What is going on (again) at Southwest Baptist University?
We did a post on this Baptist college back in May. At that time we wrote about Dwayne Walker, a social work professor, who was denied tenure for his failure to affirm creationism and his views on homosexuality. Now Brian […]
Bipartisan Blues?
The infrastructure we need costs more than we know
Critics of the University of Austin prove why such an institution may be necessary
Yesterday I wrote about the University of Austin, a new university founded by intellectuals concerned with academic freedom in the larger academy. I am not familiar with all of the people behind this venture, but any initiative that includes Niall […]
The 1619 Project and the latest battle over teaching history
Jake Silverstein, the editor of The New York Times Magazine, has published a helpful 8100-world piece on the origins of the 1619 Project and how it has triggered the latest debate over the teaching of American history in schools. Here […]
Remote Work, Redux
The failed promise of the “electronic cottage” speaks across the decades
90% of people who majored in a humanities-related field are living happy and fulfilling lives
Here is Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed: Articles suggesting that humanities graduates are poor or unhappy are abundant. But the opposite is true. According to a 2019 Gallup poll cited in a new report by the Humanities Indicators Project of the […]
Do we need a new university?
I first met Peter Kanelos (albeit very briefly) when he served as Dean of Christ College at Valparaiso University. In 2017, Kanelos left Valpo to become president of St. John’s College, a Great Books college in Annapolis, Maryland. Earlier this […]
How you can support Current
The Current editorial board recently met in Pittsburgh and we are excited about some of the small changes coming to the platform in the next several weeks. We are working on making the site more interactive by opening-up the comments […]
Evangelical roundup for November 8, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals love guns Rachel Denhollander calls Liberty University to task. And this. Praying for the persecuted church. Is Darryl Hart on to something here?: Finishing Rachel Held Evans’s last book. The New Yorker profiles […]
Our Authoritarian Politics
Does one form of authoritarianism justify another? The Claremont Institute seems to think so.