While governor Ron DeSantis is trying to prevent the course from being taught in Florida, governor Phil Murphy is expanding its availability in New Jersey. Here is The Associated Press: Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday that his administration is […]
Archives for 2023
Asbury University revival roundup: February 15, 2023 at 11:25AM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. No playbook: Agnus Dei: Another testimony via FB I can type what God is doing and what I experienced but it will never […]
Ted Cruz will run for Senate in 2024
Or to put it differently: Ted Cruz will not run for President of the United States in 2024. Here is Caroline Linton at CBS News: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters on a call that he will be running for reelection in […]
Senator Bob Casey’s prostate cancer surgery is a success
Here is Rashard Rose and Brian Rokus at CNN: Sen. Bob Casey underwent surgery for prostate cancer Tuesday afternoon and is not expected to need further treatment, his office said in a statement. “His doctor reports that, as expected, the procedure […]
Nikki Haley is officially running for president
It will be an uphill climb for the former South Carolina governor. She needs to explain why she flip-flopped on her views of Trump in the years between 2016 and 2021. On the other hand, her appeals to the culture […]
The Author’s Corner with Thomas Aiello
Thomas Aiello is Professor of History, Africana Studies, and Anthrozoology at Valdosta State University. This interview is based on his new book, Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration: The Cultural Geography of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate (University of Georgia Press, […]
Ideas in progress: Ivana Greco on American homemakers
What is the focus of your current book project? What are the big questions that you are investigating and the main stories that you hope to tell in this book? I am currently working on a book about American homemakers. […]
Moving Images
What can history teach us about pictures of violated Black bodies?Â
Asbury University revival roundup: February 15, 2023 (12:50am)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. An Asbury alum and insider sends this: Some changes in campus to help keep students safe and valued today. 3-4 overflow venues opened […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 (7:45pm)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Some students are concerned about their safety. Today an alum with strong connections to Asbury wrote to me: “Our students are not coming […]
Is it still possible to teach Faulkner in Florida?
Here is Florida State University Diane Roberts‘s piece at The Atlantic, “‘Most Important, We Must Not Upset DeSantis‘”: In my senior Southern Literature class, I’m about to teach Go Down, Moses, William Faulkner’s great novel about how racism has warped America. […]
The Author’s Corner with Brooks R. Blevins
Brooks R. Blevins is Professor of History at Missouri State University. This interview is based on his new book, Up South in the Ozarks: Dispatches from the Margins (University of Arkansas Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Up […]
REVIEW: Smashing Statues
Unintended consequences threaten ongoing harm
Our brave new world unfolding: Whole Body Gestational Donation
In his 1932 novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley described an imagined future world, where pregnancy as we know it no longer exists. Freed from the complex and repressive requirements of marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth, the liberated citizens of this […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 at 1:30am
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A visitor from Northern Ohio on FB: We are from Northern Ohio. On Thursday we heard about “Revival at Asbury” It’s been going […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 13, 2023 at 6:00pm
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A megachurch pastor from Minnesota is on his way to Wilmore: 100 hours and counting… Last Wednesday morning at 10am, chapel was held Asbury University in Kentucky. […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 13, 2023 at 10:30am
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. The revival continues: A “prophetic reformer” named Amanda Schiflett on FB: Many have said that the Asbury Revival was the one that sparked the […]
Asbury University revival roundup: Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:00pm
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. The revival does not appear to have slowed down during the Super Bowl: Shane Claiborne talks to some of the […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 12, 2022 at 2:38pm update
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. It seems the religious left has learned about the revival and just don’t know what to do with it: A […]
Asbury University revival roundup: Day 4 update
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A theology professor at Oklahoma Baptist University weighs-in: A student at Asbury Theological Seminary: Here we go: The leader of The […]