John William Nelson is Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University. This interview is based on his new book, Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago’s Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What […]
Archives for February 2024
Evangelical roundup for February 29, 2024
Happy Leap Day! Here is what is happening in Evangelical land? Marvin Olasky reviews Mike Cosper, Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found. Evangelicals continue to push for immigration reform. Evangelicals are essential players in […]
Read-Alouds with a Twist
Have your child read to you!
Civil religion is different from Christian Nationalism
The frequent references to God in national life or even to a divine source of human rights are not necessarily the same thing as Christian nationalism.
National parks that help us remember the country’s darker moments
Here is Ben Railton at The Saturday Evening Post: On February 19th we commemorated a sad anniversary: the 72nd anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066, the proclamation that created the federal policy of Japanese American incarceration. We now have a new collective […]
Call for Papers: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Church History
We at Current are thrilled that one of our contributing editors, Wheaton College’s Timothy Larsen, is President-Elect of the American Society of Church History. As part of his responsibilities, Tim is the conference co-chair for the 2025 meeting of the […]
Claudine Gay’s “Truth” Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Catholic Higher Education
Is there—or is there not—a higher good?
Are smart phones ruining our culture?
Ted Gioia’s analysis of our technological culture and its addictive nature is simultaneously disturbing and convicting.
John MacArthur rejects Christian nationalism
Michael Foust has the story at Christian Headlines: The pastor of Grace Community Church and the host of the popular radio ministry Grace to You made the comments during a Q&A session at his congregation last week.   Asked to give his opinion on […]
Saturday Night Live spoofs Trump’s GOP lackeys
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry:
Mrs. Haley does not go to Washington?
Nikki Haley fights on, but is her campaign a lost cause?
REVIEW: Politics Get Spiritual
Self-interest can only get us so far
Eric Metaxas: “We are beyond politics”
Eric Metaxas believes the country has moved “beyond politics.” It’s now an all-out spiritual war. Here is one his latest tweets: He believes Joe Biden is a murderer: In this interview, Metaxas and conservative journalist Megan Basham go after Russell […]
Calvin University president Wiebe Boer resigns after sending “unwelcome and inappropriate” messages
Here is WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids: The president of Calvin University has resigned after admitting to sending inappropriate messages to someone on campus, the school says. President Wiebe Boer’s “unwelcome and inappropriate” communication was with a “non-student member of the campus […]
REVIEW: We Need a Political Realignment
But can a “political hack” really give us one?
Kansas City at the center of the American experience
This essay first ran a year ago, when the Kansas City Chiefs won the 2023 Super Bowl. In honor of the team’s second victory in a row earlier this month, we invite you to re-read it now. The Kansas City […]
Thomas Jefferson said our rights come from the “Creator.” Was he right?
Christian nationalism was in the news again this weekend. As we noted in today’s Roundup, a lot of evangelicals (and others) are upset about Politico journalist Heidi Przybyla’s claim that anyone who believes that their rights come from God is […]
Evangelical roundup for February 26, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? How Trump won over South Carolina evangelicals. Dan Silliman with a brief synopsis of Christianity Today‘s reporting on the South Carolina primary: Some Brazilian evangelicals see no contradiction between practicing Christianity and criticizing Israel. […]
South Dakota Senator John Thune is the latest evangelical to jump on the Trump train
Yet another evangelical leader has endorsed a candidate for president who instigated an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, is under indictment on 91 felony charges, and sexually assaulted and defamed a woman in a New York department store dressing room. […]
The Koch network gives up on Nikki Haley
One of the major funders of Haley’s campaign is not spending any more money on it. Here is Natalie Allison at Politico: Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, will no […]