The crisis of leadership in contemporary religion and politics is rooted not in hypocrisy but in nihilism
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East Palestine, Asbury, and some notes on my mom
My mother hails from East Palestine, Ohio. Her roots there run deep. Around 1908, her grandfather left his Tyler, West Virginia home with his young family—including their toddler son, George, my grandfather—in search of steady work. They traveled north up...
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The Promise and Peril of David French’s New York Times Perch
French’s ascent reflects the nation’s zeitgeist. Will he be able to resist it?
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FORUM: In Quest of a Liberal Framework
If liberalism as an ideology is flawed, as a governing framework it remains indispensable
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A Further Response to My Critics
The day after Current published my essay, “The New Shape of Christian Public Discourse,” amid a barrage of criticism over the names I selected to illustrate the “emancipatory maximalist” quadrant, I responded. I conceded a few of the more blatant...
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FORUM: The New Shape of Christian Public Discourse
To understand our moment, we need to move beyond the left-right spectrum
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The Baptismal Vows of Michael Corleone
The crisis of leadership in contemporary religion and politics is rooted not in hypocrisy but in nihilism
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The Strange Bedfellows of Anti-Woke Alarmism
The confessions of a recovering culture warrior
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Speaking Faithfully to the Faithful: The Conference on Faith and History
Can scholars keep partisan activism from derailing their primary task: truth-telling?
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The Empty Faculty Lounge and the Demise of Pre-Pandemic Habits
If gathering and sharing our lives seems oh-so-2019, we’re in trouble
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John Lennon and the Ghost of Culture Wars Future
Peter Jackson’s new documentary transports us back to a radically different world—one that feels strangely familiar
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CURRENT and the #Exvangelical Dilemma
Young evangelicals are abandoning Christianity with increasing frequency. Are sites like CURRENT nudging them toward the exits?
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Stolen Valor and the American Persecution Complex
What do contemporary Christians living in America have to learn from Christians around the world experiencing actual persecution?
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Lee Greenwood Christianity
This September, coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Washington D.C. and New York City, a marketing agency in Nashville called Elite Source Pro will release the God Bless the USA Bible. In addition to a large-print...
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Reading George Marsden with Gen Z
If the cultural détente of the 1990s seems like a dream, Marsden’s outrageous idea retains its force
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Complexity Training
After a year that defies comprehension, how do we achieve a proportional response?
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