The segregation of the young in a state of prolonged adolescence means that they are kept in a subordinate and dependent condition (not merely unemployed but unemployable) at a time when they are physically mature and would formerly have qualified […]
Archives for March 2022
The Penguin Book of Exorcisms
Yes, such a book exists. It is edited by Texas State religious studies scholar Joseph P. Laycock and it is the subject of James Butler’s 3249 word review at London Review of Books. Here is a taste of Butler’s review: […]
How to Train Students to Speak Freely
Successful free speech in college classrooms hangs on guidance about how to reason
Is Ketanji Brown Jackson an evangelical Christian?
As Adelle Banks notes in her recent article at Religion News Service, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court has said virtually nothing about her religious background. Here is a taste: When she spoke at the first day […]
Sixteen GOP House members vote against the Japanese American World War II History Network Act
Here is some of the text of the Japanese American World War II History Act: Establishment: The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall establish, within the National Park Service, a program to be known as […]
Putin and Ohio Republicans are rewriting history
Here is Bowling Green State University historian Andrew Shocket at Ohio Capital Journal: Americans are united in denouncing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, including how he has justified it with a warped view of Ukrainian history and has crushed Russian […]
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan proclaims 2022 as “The Year of Harriett Tubman”
Here is WRDE: Governor Larry Hogan today officially proclaimed 2022 as “The Year of Harriet Tubman” in Maryland as the state celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the nation’s most renowned freedom fighter. The governor announced the designation at the […]
2022 George Washington Book Prize finalists announced
The George Washington Prize honors outstanding new works on George Washington and his times (the Revolutionary and founding eras circa 1760-1820). The $50,000 prize is sponsored by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon. […]
The Author’s Corner with Lance Greene
Lance Greene is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wright State University. This interview is based on his new book, Their Determination to Remain: A Cherokee Community’s Resistance to the Trail of Tears in North Carolina (University of Alabama Press, 2022). […]
Evangelical roundup for March 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? A Southern Baptist college struggles to keep the doors open after what appears to be financial mismanagement. Texas evangelical women are deconstructing. Former Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center (Falkirk Center) fellow and Trump […]
Woke Wars and the Future of Public Life
Making the “sacred cause of liberty” a little less sacred might get us somewhere
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Forth Worth’s KKK building Reading Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism Christians who pray for Putin Will the Ukraine War end the so-called “Age of Populism?” Lyman Stewart, oil, and […]
Can Phil Vischer (Bob the Tomato) follow Jesus when the church is going crazy?
As the “official historian” of the Holy Post Podcast (granted, I am not sure if I still hold this position), I feel like I have a responsibility to curate this video here at the blog. Watch:
Even the devil can quote scripture
Shakespeare was right in the “The Merchant of Venice.” In a Hitler-like rally in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, the site of the 2018 World Cup final, Russian president Vladimir Putin told a gathered crowd of reportedly 200,000 (according to Moscow Police) […]
As promised, Jon Meacham will lecture at Samford University
Back in November, I wrote a piece at Current titled “Canceling Jon Meacham.” Here is a taste of that piece: …I thought about Meacham’s visit to Messiah, a Christian university with strong ties to American evangelicalism, when I learned that […]
Two more individuals come forward alleging sexual misconduct against former Toronto megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey.
We reported on this here. There are now new allegations. Maggie John, the chair of the Toronto Meeting House Overseers Board, recently sent an e-mail to the church family to inform them that Dr. Melodie Bissell, a sexual abuse victim’s […]
Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary race is getting ugly
The two leading GOP candidates for retiring Pat Toomey’s U.S. Senate seat are David McCormick and Mehmet Oz. McCormick is a hedge fund CEO who was Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs during the George W. Bush administration. […]
Does America have a free speech problem?
The editorial board of The New York Times thinks so. Here is a taste of yesterday’s editorial: For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free […]
Debunking the Ukrainian biolabs myth promoted by Charlie Kirk and Eric Metaxas
Watch Metaxas and Kirk talk about the potential of Ukrainian biolabs that might be creating bioweapons and coronaviruses. This is how fear-mongering works. Kirk says that he can’t be sure about such biolabs, but that does not stop him from […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: John H. Haas, “Avoid War” Jay Case, “Coca-Cola and Authenticity: What’s Not to Like?” Amanda McCrina, “History Brought Us Here” Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt, “Celebrating the Humanity of Edmonia Lewis” Agnes […]