Archives for April 2024

#Eclipse2024: party on a Monday afternoon

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Judging by the number of eclipse related posts on social media over the past few days and, especially, today, it appears that the Williams family wasn’t the only one to take a few hours off from usual activities today just […]

The Author’s Corner with Felicia B. George

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Felicia B. George is Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University. This interview is based on her new book, When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling’s History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City (Wayne State University Press, 2024). JF: […]

Evangelical roundup for April 8, 2024

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What is happening in Evangelical land? What can American evangelicals learn from the global church? Compassion for rural ministers. Micah Watson reviews Russell Moore’s Losing Our Religion. Ukraine evangelicals need U.S. support Shane on the earthquake and book deals: Is […]

Sunday night odds and ends

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A few things online that caught my attention this week: Can Biden go right and left at the same time? When America was “begging richer allies for help“ Raymond Williams and hope An administrator tells and English professor to do […]

What is popular this week at <em>Current</em>?

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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:

Evangelical roundup for April 4, 2024

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What is happening in Evangelical land? Hispanic evangelicals are a growing force. Evangelicals: Politically diverse, biblically similar. I think Mike Huckabee agrees. Evangelicals and in vitro fertilization. Thomas Schirrmacher resigns as General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance Esau McCaulley […]

The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey E. Anderson

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Jeffrey E. Anderson is Professor of History and Associate Director of the School of Humanities at the University of Louisiana Monroe. This interview is based on his new book, Voodoo: An African American Religion (LSU Press, 2024). JF: What led […]

The cowardice of ten United States Senators

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Republican Senators could have “ended Donald Trump’s political career,” but ‘they chose not to.” Today at The Atlantic, editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg offers a list of the “cowards.” They are Rob Portman (OH), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Chuck Grassley (IA), Mitch […]

What’s wrong with reading during the day?

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Stephanie Shapiro, a retired writer and former journalist from Baltimore, feels guilty reading during the day. I’ve often felt the same way (and I am paid to read). I chalk it up to my working class background. As a kid […]

The Author’s Corner with Steven Peach

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Steven Peach is Associate Professor of History at Tarleton State University. This interview is based on his new book, Rivers of Power: Creek Political Culture in the Native South, 1750–1815 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]