What is going on at CNN? Jeffrey Toobin is out. Brian Stelter is out. And now John Harwood. Jeremy Barr at The Washington Post asks if there is a “purge” going on at the network. Read more here. In honor […]
Archives for September 2022
Was Biden wrong to call MAGA Republicans “semi-fascists”?
Over at The Washington Post a scholar of fascism suggests that the phrase “semi-fascism” makes sense, historically, when applied to Trump. Here is a taste of Federico Finchelstein’s piece: President Biden has taken a firm stance on the modern-day threat […]
Will Bunch offers a “field guide” to Doug Mastriano’s world
Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer offers a guide to the “rouges’ gallery of religious zealots, election deniers and militia types surrounding Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign. The guide includes short bios of Abby Abildness, Grant Clarkson, Jenna Ellis, James Emery, […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Timothy Larsen, “REVIEW: How’s that Post-Christian Thing Goin’ for Ya?“ AntĂłn Barba-Kay , “REVIEW: One Cheer for Purdy“ Michial Farmer, “LONG FORM: Treasure of the Broken Land“ Nadya Williams, “‘Joshua Was […]
How to Be an Activist Historian
Putting the “history” back into “activist history”
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The Author’s Corner with Michael Verney
Michael Verney is Assistant Professor of History at Drury University. This interview is based on his new book, A Great and Rising Nation: Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic (University of Chicago Press, 2022). JF: What […]
Nyack College becomes Alliance University
In the mid-1990s I taught Western Civilization as an adjunct professor at Nyack College, a small Christian college in Rockland County, New York with a beautiful hillside campus overlooking the Hudson River. Recently the Christian Missionary Alliance school left Nyack […]
Evangelical roundup for September 1, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? An Assembly of God pastor and Christian Zionist is addressing evangelicalism in the age of Trump. The National Association of Evangelicals issues a “sweeping report on global climate change.” World Relief is on board. […]
Mere Christianity in Today’s United States
Christian witness—especially to other Christians—remains imperative today