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What is popular this week at Current?

John Fea   |  June 2, 2023

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:

Amitai Etzioni (1929-2023)

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

In 2018 I got an e-mail from Amitai Etzioni. He invited me to participate in a “civil dialogue” at The Arena Theater in Washington D.C. titled “There Are No Deplorables Here: A Dialogue Between Trump Supporters and Opponents.” Needless to […]

“The worst of the DEI industry is expensive and runs from useless to counterproductive.”

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

Here is Conor Freidersdorf at The Atlantic: The diversity, equity, and inclusion industry exploded in 2020 and 2021, but it is undergoing a reckoning of late, and not just in states controlled by Republicans, where officials are dismantling DEI bureaucracies in public […]

Springsteen reads a fan’s research paper during a concert in Edinburgh

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

Nathan Collet‘s University of Nottingham 12,000 word research paper (it looks like a master’s thesis) was titled, “Brilliant Disguises: An Analysis of Masculinity Through the Works and Life of Bruce Springsteen.” I’ll let the Daily Record take it from here: […]

Chris Christie is running for president

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

The former New Jersey governor is in. I heard a commentator say that Christie’s “lane” to the GOP nomination “runs through Donald Trump.” Will Trump get the Rubio treatment? Whatever happens, it should be entertaining:

The Kings College loses its accreditation

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

Here is Josh Moody at Inside Higher Ed: Already facing severe financial pressures, the King’s College was dealt another blow last week when the Middle States Commission on Higher Education withdrew its accreditation. In an announcement posted to the MSCHE website, the […]

Evangelical roundup for June 1, 2023

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelicals still ruling the GOP? Should evangelicals support Trump in 2024? The Israel religious affairs minister apologizes to evangelicals. Evangelicals in Uganda and the death penalty for homosexuality. Albert Mohler is all in. […]

Randall Balmer: “Don’t look for pronouns on my email signature”

John Fea   |  May 31, 2023

The Dartmouth College historian of American religion weighs in on the pronouns debate. Here is a taste of Balmer’s piece at the Santa Fe New Mexican: It’s all the rage these days, especially in academic circles, to specify pronouns — […]

The Author’s Corner with Maury Nicely

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 31, 2023

Maury Nicely is a lawyer specializing in employment litigation, labor law, and general business litigation at Evans Harrison Hackett, PLLC. This interview is based on his new book, Forging a New South: The Life of General John T. Wilder (University […]

The Author’s Corner with Kevin McQueeney

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 30, 2023

Kevin McQueeney is Assistant Professor of History at Nicholls State University. This interview is based on his new book, A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans (University of North Carolina […]

Evangelical roundup for May 29, 2023

John Fea   |  May 29, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Will DeSantis win evangelicals? Apparently most Christians don’t like celebrity culture or megachurhes. Dominican evangelicals: Our country is safe. A North Dakota Christian school donates over 1,500 pounds of food. Shane Claiborne spends his […]

Sunday nights odds and ends

John Fea   |  May 28, 2023

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Nancy Isenberg reviews Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, by America. The Journal of Controversial Ideas New books on baseball Nelson Lichtenstein reviews Rachel Maddow’s podcast on American Nazis in the 1940s. Is […]

Can a Catholic college maintain its Catholic identity without nuns?

John Fea   |  May 26, 2023

Here is an interesting Inside Higher Ed piece on Notre Dame College in Cleveland, Ohio: Notre Dame College in Ohio is on the brink of losing its formal ties to a religious order that allows the institution to call itself […]

Pope Francis on “consumerist greed” and “selfish hearts”

John Fea   |  May 26, 2023

Here is Claire GiangravĂ© at Religion News Service: Pope Francis condemned “consumerist greed” and “selfish hearts” as responsible for the climate crisis in his yearly message for World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which occurs on Sept. […]

Joe Biden should use Fareed Zakaria’s recent column as the foundation for his 2024 presidential campaign

John Fea   |  May 26, 2023

Here is CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria’s column at The Washington Post: The United States’ debt ceiling crisis is, once again, provoking the usual commentary about the country’s presumed dysfunction. But the truth is that this unprovoked madness, causing self-inflicted wounds, is taking place against […]

Should universities be more like monasteries?

John Fea   |  May 26, 2023

Here is a taste of Molly Worthen’s piece at The New York Times: Colleges should offer a radically low-tech first-year program for students who want to apply: a secular monastery within the modern university, with a curated set of courses […]

What is popular this week at Current?

John Fea   |  May 26, 2023

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:

Doug Mastriano will not run for the U.S. Senate

John Fea   |  May 25, 2023

Last week the Pennsylvania state legislator and 2022 gubernatorial candidate teased us with the potential of a U.S. Senate run. Today he announced it is not going to happen. Here is Holly Otterbein at Politico: MAGA firebrand Doug Mastriano said […]

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John Fea   |  May 25, 2023

When I started my career as a professor and historian I never thought I would get into the business of asking for money. After twelve years of blogging at The Way of Improvement Leads Home, I decided it was time […]

Evangelical roundup for May 25, 2023

John Fea   |  May 25, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Molly Worthen on Tim Keller: A Brookings Institution senior fellow reflects on the life of Tim Keller. David Brooks on Tim Keller. Jim Daly (Focus on the Family) on Tim Keller. Jim Wallis on […]

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