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Adam Jortner

Adam Jortner is the Goodwin-Philpott Professor of History at Auburn University. He is the author of The Gods of Prophetstown and Audible original series including Faith and the Founding Fathers and American Monsters.

The Words We Say Instead

Adam Jortner   |  March 18, 2025

A plea for Christians to say what we mean 

First Thing We Do: Fire All the Strategists

Adam Jortner   |  January 6, 2025

The Democratic party fears risk more than it fears Trump

Some of our favorite things I: Current writers and editors reflect on 2024

Agnes Howard, Timothy Larsen, Adam Jortner, Dixie Dillon Lane and Jim Cullen   |  December 17, 2024

These are a few of our favorite things from 2024.

The Coming Witch Trials

Adam Jortner   |  October 22, 2024

It’s time to care for the community—not cleanse it

The January 6 that Never Ended 

Adam Jortner   |  September 25, 2024

The leader is not the nation—at least in this nation

Jew or Not Jew?

Adam Jortner   |  August 27, 2024

Who gets to decide if Jews—or Christians—are ‘real’?

Country over Party

Adam Jortner   |  July 23, 2024

America just got a break from politics as usual

Actually, Panic Looks Good on Democrats 

Adam Jortner   |  July 8, 2024

It’s time to ditch the playbook and forget about ‘the narrative’

What is “election interference”?

Adam Jortner   |  May 31, 2024

Claims of “election interference” right now are exactly the same as claims of the “stolen election” in November 2020.

What Christians Might Fear from Trump

Adam Jortner   |  May 22, 2024

Remember: Trump doesn’t do coalitions

Hollywood’s Alt-Right Agenda

Adam Jortner   |  January 24, 2024

In modern action films there is no right or wrong—only power

Whose Riot Is This?

Adam Jortner   |  December 15, 2023

The Boston Tea Party at 250 is a vindication of democracy over autocracy

The Case for Biden

Adam Jortner   |  December 4, 2023

Wisdom matters

Are We Prepared for the Militarization of the Trump Movement? 

Adam Jortner   |  September 7, 2023

The endgame of election denial is already underway

Can We Build a Christian AI?

Adam Jortner   |  August 31, 2023

This existential crisis is less about technology and more about morals and will

The Mirage of the 1950s

Adam Jortner   |  June 26, 2023

An anxious, heartbreaking decade looks better at the movies

Found Footage: January 6 and the Horror Movies that Made It

Adam Jortner   |  June 6, 2023

Which script were the insurrectionists following?

Teaching AIDS History in the Wake of COVID

Adam Jortner   |  May 17, 2023

Rethinking the politics of freedom, health, and fear

WDJD (What Did Jesus Do?)

Adam Jortner   |  March 8, 2023

Are American evangelicals willing to accept converts who remain on the left?

Anti-Semitism at Flood Tide

Adam Jortner   |  December 13, 2022

And what evangelicals can do about it 

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