Many unicorns in one civilized place form a blessing for your Saturday. Here is this week’s herd, corralled all together: *** Louise Perry’s latest for First Things, “We Are Repaganizing,” is the most important thing I read this week. A […]
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Ross Douthat: A Christian conservative who lives among liberals and writes for them
Here is Isaac Chotiner at The New Yorker: “Douthat is highly skilled at addressing liberal Times readers in a manner that makes clear he is not one of them, without allowing them to think that he actually holds views—about Donald Trump, say, […]
Trump court evangelicals, prophets, and pseudo-historians will gather with Charlie Kirk in San Diego this week to train pastors
This week over 1,000 Christian pastors will converge on San Diego for the Turning Point USA “Pastors Summit.” According to the event website, this event will highlight “the need for pastors and their congregations to stand for truth and no […]
The Heritage Foundation is leading $22 million project that includes the promotion of Christian nationalism
I have mixed feelings about all the attention Christian nationalism is getting these days. As someone who first used the term back in 2011, well before most of the contemporary commentators, I resist efforts to turn all Christian political activity […]
A blessing of unicorns: a weekly roundup
One unicorn may just be a figment of your imagination: did you even see it? But many unicorns put together form a blessing. *** Let’s start with a news story that my children, who have been digging up the backyard […]
A pro-life conservative and a pro-choice liberal find common ground on a post-Dobbs family policy
Today The Washington Post is running a conversation on abortion and family policy between conservative columnist Marc A. Thiessen and liberal columnist Alyssa Rosenberg. We need more discussions like this. Here is a taste of their piece, “We disagree on […]
Socialists and social conservatives of the world unite?
Last week I asked if one can oppose abortion and still be a democratic socialist? Or how about this: Can one be a conservative and oppose capitalism? Today I want to call your attention to a fascinating conversation between socialist […]
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 August 24, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? How Tim Keller influenced British evangelicals. White evangelicals and Vivek Ramaswamy. What are evangelicals thinking about as the 2024 election approaches. Shane is still chopping: White evangelicals trust Trump. Young evangelical climate activists. The […]
Evangelical roundup for August 21, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Jenna Riess reviews Sarah Stankorb’s Disobedient Women: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors,and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning. Costa Rican evangelicals against abortion. Christian colleges are offering majors […]
REVIEW: Ancient Advice for the Twenty-First Century
A Habsburg suggests that his family’s strengths could help us all
Ohio’s Issue 1: Pro-Lifers v. Democracy
Abortion opponents in Ohio just suffered a major defeat at the polls when voters rejected Issue 1 on August 8. It was a needless defeat that was entirely of their own making because abortion wasn’t even on the ballot. Instead, […]
Siena-New York Times poll shows Trump with a massive lead
The poll was conducted from July 23-27 among “the likely electorate in the Republican primary”: Other observations: The poll asked GOP primary voters about where they get their news. Here are the results:
George Will gives a bump to Doug Burgum’s presidential campaign
Until I read Will’s column, the only thing I knew about North Dakota governor Doug Burgum was his gift card strategy. Here is a taste of Will’s “Meet the unusually qualified presidential candidate you’ve never heard of“: If he ever […]
Liberal girls… sad!
It’s not news that teenage mental health is on the decline in recent years. But recently released data by the CDC indicates that the situation is most bleak for teenage girls. This was especially true for girls somewhere on the […]
The Author’s Corner with Diane Winston
Diane Winston is Associate Professor of Journalism and Knight Center Chair in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California, Annenberg. This interview is based on her new book, Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan’s Evangelical […]
Make America Christian Again
Lessons from a turn-of-the-twentieth-century “theocrat”
Evangelical roundup for July 24, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Trump screens Sound of Freedom at his New Jersey golf club. Texas Baptists affirm women in ministerial roles Donald Trump: Evangelical hero Russell Moore on renewal and evangelicals: The next big religious liberty case? […]
What I learned watching the BLAZE coverage of the Family Leadership Summit
On Friday July 14, Iowa evangelicals gathered to hear GOP presidential candidates speak at The Family Leadership Summitt. The event was sponsored by Bob VanderPlaats‘s Family Leader organization and hosted by Tucker Carlson. The former Fox News host interviewed Tim […]
Evangelical roundup for July 13, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelical presidental candidates are coming to Iowa. Pentecostals A veteran United Methodist pastor on the state of evangelical Christianity. Evangelical women who support the mothers of LGBTQ kids. An Alabama megachurch opens a “pastoral […]