The poll was conducted from July 23-27 among “the likely electorate in the Republican primary”: Other observations: The poll asked GOP primary voters about where they get their news. Here are the results:
Archives for July 2023
George Will gives a bump to Doug Burgum’s presidential campaign
Until I read Will’s column, the only thing I knew about North Dakota governor Doug Burgum was his gift card strategy. Here is a taste of Will’s “Meet the unusually qualified presidential candidate you’ve never heard of“: If he ever […]
The Author’s Corner with Mark Valeri
Mark Valeri is the Reverend Priscilla Wood Neaves Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. This interview is based on his new book, The Opening of the Protestant Mind: How Anglo-American Protestants Embraced Religious Liberty (Oxford […]
Evangelical roundup for July 31, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Tish Harrison Warren talks to Russell Moore about the state of American evangelicalism. Why are evangelicals leaving the faith? Arthur Gay, RIP Justin Giboney on the Florida African American history standards: Christianity Today tackles […]
Oh the Places We Went: Beach Edition
Waves, flags, shells—and the open hand of God
Liberal girls… sad!
It’s not news that teenage mental health is on the decline in recent years. But recently released data by the CDC indicates that the situation is most bleak for teenage girls. This was especially true for girls somewhere on the […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: 29 rules for reading James Lasdun reviews Alexander Stille’s The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy and the Wild Life of an American Commune Robert Bellah: A socialist who insisted democracy needs religion. […]
GOP candidates were together in Iowa yesterday. Will Hurd won the night.
Last night all of the GOP candidates for president spoke at the Iowa Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Dinner. Most of the candidates delivered shortened versions (10-minutes) of their stump speeches. Watch here. The night belonged to former Texas congressman Will […]
Sinéad O’ Connor: Catholic Activist and Spiritual Seeker
Her life bore witness to truths we need to remember
The Washington Post “Made By History” column comes to an end
Here is a final word from the current editors of “Made By History”: Six years ago, The Washington Post took a leap of faith and partnered with us to launch Made by History. We shared a commitment to getting the […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
The Author’s Corner with Diane Winston
Diane Winston is Associate Professor of Journalism and Knight Center Chair in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California, Annenberg. This interview is based on her new book, Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan’s Evangelical […]
Make America Christian Again
Lessons from a turn-of-the-twentieth-century “theocrat”
What I am reading: books on motherhood and homemaking
Summer is the season for reading, whether re-reading old favorites or finding new ones—on your porch, in a cabin in the woods (bears optional), or at the playground or the beach. Because there have been so many wonderful essays on […]
Commonplace Book #276
All the pathologies of the woke turn–or rather the anti-scholarly turn–in the humanities were on display in l’affaire James Sweet. To recap: in August 2022, Sweet, the president of the AHA and a historian of slavery, used his monthly column […]
Evangelical roundup for July 27, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Russell Moore on revivalism and evangelical nostalgia Evangelicals: From Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump Are Trump evangelicals really evangelical? What kind of fundraising ads do evangelicals prefer? The latest on the demise of the […]
REVIEW: The Education of Beth Moore
Moore’s memoir sheds light on a moment. It also, quite simply, sheds light.
What I am reading: Brian Scoles
Summer is the season for reading, whether re-reading old favorites or finding new ones—on your porch, in a cabin in the woods (bears optional), or at the playground or the beach. Because there have been so many wonderful essays on […]
A former undocumented Salvadoran immigrant is now an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington
Over at The Washington Post, Karen Tumulty tells the moving story of Evelio Menjivar-Ayala: Three times in the space of a year, the undocumented teen fleeing war-torn Central America tried and failed to make it over the southern border of […]
Commonplace Book #275
It is vital for historians to reckon with the flaws of their profession as an institution, not only for their own sake but for the sake of the nation that supports their institution, and to reflect on the ways that […]