This letter was sent to Adam Kinzinger’s home. He is a veteran and a GOP member of the House January 6th Select Committee. The letter was addressed to his wife: This is not the first time Kinzinger has released a […]
Way of Improvement
Better family policies will reduce abortions
As Fordham’s Charles Camosy writes, there is “plenty of evidence” to support this claim. Here is a taste of his piece at Religion News Service: …abortion rates (per 1,000 women 15-49) in pro-choice states such as New York (20.3) and […]
Are intellectuals and historians “yoking their reputations to the delirious churn of outrage media?”
Joseph Keegin, the editor of The Point, gives us a lot to think about in this piece at The Chronicle of Higher Education. Here is a taste: As academic humanities departments shed undergraduates and lose both prestige and funding, professors […]
Is Pope Francis retiring?
Earlier this month The Washington Post suggested that this might be the case. Michael Gerson, a Wheaton graduate and former George W. Bush speechwriter, takes up the issue in his latest column. Here is a taste: It is not easy […]
Franklin Graham tells domestic abuse victim that abuse is a “gray area”
Graham told an abused spouse to go back to her husband. Here is a taste of Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s reporting at The Washington Post; According to the recording, Graham said the marriage could “be fixed easily,” and he seemed to […]
The Author’s Corner with Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.
Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. is Assistant Professor of African American History at Furman University. This interview is based on his new book, The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice (University of Georgia Press, 2022). JF: […]
National Review: Trump “was unfit to be entrusted with the office”
The editors of the conservative National Review have never been big Trump fans. In 2016, the magazine opposed Trump’s candidacy. Since then, the response to Trump has been mixed. Here is today’s editorial: As has been true of so many things […]
Should evangelicals claim John Brown?
Louis De Caro, a church history professor at Alliance Theological Seminary in New York City, thinks so. Here is a taste of his piece at Christianity Today: Despite efforts on the part of some historians to portray him as heterodox, […]
Evangelical roundup for June 20, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals endorse Trump in 2024? Charles Marsh on growing up evangelical. EGOD? The Gospel Coalition on Juneteenth. Beth and Russell: Will the Southern Baptist Convention be “smaller and purer or bigger and more […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Baseball is changing David Sedaris writes thank-you notes Cornel West on pragmatism Since Watergate it has become more difficult to hold president’s accountable Harold Myerson reviews Gary Dorrien, American Democratic […]
Episode 40: “Redeeming the Vote”
As election day draws near, the Christian Right gets out the vote. Episode 40: “Redeeming the Vote” dropped today. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: If you […]
George Washington University will no longer be the “Colonials”
Here is Lauren Lumpkin at The Washington Post: George Washington University will retire its “Colonials” moniker, a name intended to honor its namesake but that has long been criticized as a term that glorifies colonialism, officials announced Wednesday. In a […]
“God is watching us”
Yesterday, retired federal judge Michael Luttig testified before the House Select Committee on January 6th. Luttig is a veteran of the Reagan administration, clerked for Antonin Scalia and Warren Burger, and held various positions in the George W. Bush White […]
The question Josh Shapiro should ask Doug Mastriano in the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate
Mastriano believes that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. He believes in the Big Lie. Josh Shapiro, his Democratic opponent in the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, should ask him this question: Would you have done what Mike Pence did on […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: John Fea, “Matthew McConaughey Goes Home“ Christine Bieber Lake, “Top Gun: The Joys We Can Imagine. The Joys We (Still) Can’t.“ John Fea, “The Trump Generation Is a Lost Cause.” […]
What is going on at Seattle Pacific University?
Back in May, Seattle Pacific students held a sit-in. Here is Alejandra Molina on June 3 at Religion News Service: For nearly two weeks, students from Seattle Pacific University, a Christian school associated with the Free Methodist Church, have staged […]
It’s time to step up, Mike. Do it for God and country!
Today the House January 6th Select Committee portrayed former vice-president Mike Pence as the savior of the republic. We learned that Pence refused to succumb to Donald Trump’s attempts to get him to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He and […]
The Southern Baptist Convention wraps-up another tumultuous annual meeting
I was recently speaking with someone who grew up as an evangelical pastor’s kid. This person described the chaos and division that took place at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting this week in Anaheim as “what happens in every […]
Calvin University faculty are “polishing their CVs” after the Christian Reformed Church codified its opposition to homosexual sex
The “polishing their CVs” quote comes from Calvin historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Here is a taste of Yonat Shimron’s piece at Religion News Service: The Christian Reformed Church, a small evangelical denomination of U.S. and Canadian churches, voted Wednesday […]
Evangelical roundup for June 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Note: This roundup does not include links to what happened at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Anaheim this week. You can find our coverage on this event here and here. We also […]