What is happening in Evangelical land? Iowa Kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats on why so many Iowa evangelicals are sticking with Donald Trump. Trump’s 25-year-old director of faith outreach in Iowa. An evangelical pastor is trying to stop political polarization in […]
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I Am of Trump
Perhaps the former president really is a unifier
REVIEW: The Heart of ParenthoodÂ
In this story, medical extremity leads to an extremity of grace
Evangelical roundup for November 27, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Do you have a story for the roundup? Watch: Tim Alberta on how Trumpism has divided evangelicals. Also here. Stay tuned, I will be interviewing Alberta on CSPAN in the coming days. Nikki Haley […]
Thanksgiving: mixing the flavors of civil religion, war, and commerce
Forget Squanto. Our current Thanksgiving has its roots in war and commerce.
Nikki Haley’s 3-2-1 GOP primary strategy
Nikki Haley is surging in New Hampshire with a little more than two months to go before the January 23, 2024 primary. Can she win the GOP nomination? It’s a long shot. But according to journalist Ron Brownstein she has […]
Evangelical roundup for November 16, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals continue to drive support for Israel. French evangelicals march against antisemitism. Matthew Lee Anderson on Karen Swallow Prior’s “evangelical imagination.” The Mike Johnson porn-blocker app story won’t disappear. Walter Kim of the National […]
Review: In contemporary Russia, a culture of death predominates
Anna Starobinets’ tragic memoir makes it clear: in contemporary Russia, a culture of death predominates.
Liberal education isn’t selling this year
Recent events seem to cry out for a massive revival of liberal education. Will we listen?
Evangelical roundup for November 13, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? A word from the editor of the Evangelical Roundup: A journey out of Christian nationalism with the help of what I heard is a pretty good book on subject. 🙂 The massive growth of […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: The GOP was and is not ready for a post-Roe world. Eboo Patel calls for pluralism on college campuses Liberal arts education and career training. Becca Rothfield reviews Andrew McKevitt, […]
What is popular this week at Current?
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:
Evangelical roundup for November 9, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? A word about the Evangelical roundup: An evangelical anthropologist, who happens to also be my colleague, reflects on the meaning of life in an age of educational technology. Mike Johnson and the evangelical persecution […]
REVIEW: Commentary? Or Contempt?
Toward a better ecology of news
Brownstein: Democrats are performing better “at the polls than in the polls”
Here is Ron Brownstein at The Atlantic: Democrats yesterday continued to perform better at the polls than in the polls. Even as many Democrats have been driven to a near panic by a succession of recent polls showing President Joe Biden’s extreme vulnerability, the […]
Pro-lifers’ needless defeat in Ohio shows the dangers of refusing to listen
Lasting legal protections for the unborn will never come by ignoring the wishes of voters and attempting to subvert the majority. Instead, a consensus-minded coalition-building that is open to dialogue and compromise is the only way that a culture of life in public policy can be created. Â
Keep an eye on Kentucky tonight
I’ll have my eye on several elections and referenda tonight. I am interested to see what happens with abortion in Ohio and I will be voting in the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court race. But I am most intrigued by the […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: How Robert Moses changed New York and impacted families. Abortion politics in the Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana. David French on Mike Johnson and Christian politics. How state legislatures and ideological boards […]
Mike Johnson was the dean of the Paul Pressler School of Law
I noted this in my piece last week: “Who is Mike Johnson?” It has now caught the attention of the Associated Press. Here is Brian Slodysjo: Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a […]
Who is Mike Johnson?Â
The new speaker of the House has strong ties to the Christian Right