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Archives for November 2024

Blessing of Unicorns: Putin bearing gifts, AI and seeking truth, J.D. Vance’s mom, and books

Nadya Williams   |  November 22, 2024

And just like that, we’re less than a week removed from Thanksgiving. This roundup will take next week off while we all eat ourselves into a pie coma. *** In the spirit of appreciating Unicorns for the wild creatures that […]

MAGA is not about issues. It is about owning the libs

John Fea   |  November 22, 2024

Over at The Atlantic, Elizabeth Bruenig has a theory about why Trump is so popular. A taste: Consensus on the causes of Trump’s sweeping electoral victory has formed around the idea that voters were responding to Democratic performance on material […]

REVIEW: Postpartum Depression in America

Beatrice Scudeler   |  November 21, 2024

Beyond the baby blues

Election Day was 16 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 21, 2024

Did Christians sway the 2024 election to Donald Trump? It’s certainly possible. George Barna, the favorite pollster of conservative evangelicals, says that 99% of “Spiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservative Christians” voted on November 5. (Note that George Barna and the […]

Book gifts for kids for this Christmas season

Dixie Dillon Lane   |  November 21, 2024

Not all sweet traditions involve candy–some involve books.

Some early responses to the death of Tony Campolo

John Fea   |  November 20, 2024

Tony Campolo stories abound. I never met him, but I saw him speak many times. I would go out of my way to hear him. The first time I saw him was at the Ocean City (NJ) Tabernacle. Campolo spoke […]

“The politicization of research, hiring, and teaching made professors sitting ducks.”

John Fea   |  November 20, 2024

I’ve seen enough of them in my quarter-century as a college professor. I’ve wasted far too much time arguing with them. And yes, they even exist at Christian colleges. I am talking about the political pied pipers posing as a […]

A Modest Proposal to End Insanity, Part II

Christina Bieber Lake   |  November 20, 2024

Evidence of medical malpractice is mounting

A new era for humanities and social science PhD programs?

Nadya Williams   |  November 20, 2024

BU is suspending admission into humanities and social science PhD programs for next year. What does this mean?

Election Day was 15 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 20, 2024

Christian Zionist Joel Rosenberg interviewed Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump’s recent appointment to serve as ambassador to Israel. Huck is the first evangelical Christian to ever be appointed to this position. Here is a taste of the part of the interview […]

Tony Campolo, RIP

John Fea   |  November 19, 2024

More to come on this story. Here is some of what I have written about Campolo over the years: August 2019: Some Evangelicals Did Not Like Trump’s Use of Profanity at a Recent Rally (Blog) September 2019: How evangelical leaders […]

Is Matt Gaetz an evangelical?

John Fea   |  November 19, 2024

I don’t know what Matt Gaetz believes, but he certainly likes to run in evangelical circles and speak in evangelical language. Today, Gaetz is Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. His sexual indiscretions seem to be catching up to him. […]

Election Day was two weeks ago. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 19, 2024

Over at Christianity Today, Emily Belz reports on Christian sex-trafficking organizations opposed to the nomination of Matt Gaetz as U.S. attorney general. Here is a taste: Several Christian anti-trafficking organizations are publicly opposing President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for US attorney […]

A Modest Proposal to End Insanity, Part I

Christina Bieber Lake   |  November 19, 2024

Conversations around gender transition reveal deeper problems

America as an act of faith

John H. Haas   |  November 19, 2024

The United States of America began as an act of faith. It still is.

The Author’s Corner with Edward B. Davis

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 19, 2024

Edward B. “Ted” Davis is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Messiah University and a Fellow of the International Society for Science & Religion. This interview is based on his new book, Protestant Modernist Pamphlets: Science and Religion […]

FORUM: Election 2024, Part IV

Susan McWilliams Barndt, Jesse Smith and Daniel K. Williams   |  November 18, 2024

A time to look back, a time to look forward

The Author’s Corner with Gregg Andrews

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 18, 2024

Gregg Andrews is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Texas State University. This interview is based on his new book, Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853–1920 (LSU Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Hard Times in an American […]

From Self to Service: Rethinking AI’s Role in Writing

Jonathan Sircy   |  November 18, 2024

What if AI is a means to love our neighbor better?

You had to be there

Elizabeth Stice   |  November 18, 2024

A universally popular song and the Olympics are probably the two most powerful unifying forces that exist in American culture.

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