Slowly but surely, the people involved in overturning the results of the 2020 election are facing consequences for the roles they played in undermining democracy. Eastman is the latest. Who is Eastman? Watch: Here is Alex Griffing at Mediaite: John […]
Archives for April 2024
More details on the ousting of Calvin University president Wiebe Boer
In February, Calvin University president Wiebe Boer resigned. Get up to speed here. Bob Smietana of Religion News Service has more details. Here is a taste of his piece: The trustees of Calvin University released a statement Thursday (March 28), […]
Jesus and the powers
I am looking forward to reading N.T. Wright’s and Michael Bird’s new book Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies. This morning I got a small taste of the argument as […]
Socialism needs Christian ethics
Dustin Guastella is director of operations for Teamsters Local 623. Check out his piece “Christianity, Morality, and Socialism” at Jacobin. We linked to this piece in Sunday night’s odds and ends. But after reading it more closely, I thought I […]
REVIEW: Definitive Lives
A story at the intersection of the OED and our quest for meaning
Current’s first ever Spring Books Week
It is no secret that we all at Current love books. It’s a rather extreme sort of love, which leads grown men and women to reflect on a regular basis just where else in this house, overflowing as it is […]
“The Church of Trump”
Check out Michael Bender’s New York Times piece on how Trump is infusing Christianity into his MAGA movement. Here is a taste: Mr. Trump’s braiding of politics and religion is hardly a new phenomenon. Christianity has long exerted a strong […]
Jeremy Allen White will play Springsteen in a film about Nebraska
Here is The Guardian: Jeremy Allen White looks set to swap his white t-shirt for a vest later this year, when he takes on the role of Bruce Springsteen for a new biopic, once shooting is completed on the fourth […]
“The New Testament…condemns personal wealth not merely as a moral danger, but as an intrinsic evil”
Here is a taste of David Bentley Hart’s recent piece at Jacobin: Most modern (and especially most American) Christians are quite accustomed, for instance, to thinking of Christianity as a fairly commonsensical creed as regards the practicalities of life. On […]
Evangelical roundup for April 1, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals are good at retaining members Evangelicals respond to Trump’s endorsement of the “God Bless the USA” Bible John Inazu on Tim Keller Christianity Today reporter Kate Shellnut on the SNL skit: Swiss evangelicals […]
“Here’s $1,000. Not April Fools”
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Zenger Prize.
REVIEW: The Art of the Possible
In Tara Isabella Burton’s new novel, fancy, fantasy, and possibility all point in one direction: home