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The legal theory behind national conservatism
Over at Politico, Ian Ward has a fascinating longform piece on “common good constitutionalism,” a new legal theory gaining popularity in national conservative circles. It is associated with the work of Harvard law professor Adrian Vermeule. Here is a taste […]
Hail!
Over at The New York Times, Matthew Walther, editor of the Catholic literary journal The Lamp, makes the case of the University of Michigan football program. Here is a taste:  In this year’s College Football Playoff, which begins on New […]
The World on Sand
To see our global moment, we need look no further than the Qatari pitch
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: How to save the Rose Bowl The Brazilian footballer Sócrates Labor historians support railway workers World Socialist Web Site reviews the new 1776 musical Nell Irving Painter on what American […]
Evangelical roundup for November 28, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Will the Christian Right approach to abortion rights hurt the pro-life movement in the future? The National Association of Evangelicals on climate change. Has David French left “orthodox Protestantism”? Does the Museum of the […]
FORUM: The New Shape of Christian Public Discourse
To understand our moment, we need to move beyond the left-right spectrum
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Books in 19th-century New York City The end of the world as we know it Andrew Delbanco on reparations for Black Americans David Brooks’s on his taste in music David […]
Are evangelicals really abandoning Trump?
The press seems to love this story. Here is The Huffington Post. Here is The Washington Post. Here is Rolling Stone. But are evangelicals really abandoning Trump? It’s too early to tell. James Robison’s comments at National Association of Christian […]
David French’s civic pluralism versus Al Mohler’s Christian nationalism
Last week, the Senate advanced the Respect for Marriage Act. The bill legalizes (“provides statutory authority” for) same-sex and interracial marriages. Here is a summary of the bill from Congress.Gov: Specifically, the bill repeals and replaces provisions that define, for […]
Evangelical roundup for November 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Mike Huckabee is fired-up about global poverty CBS: American evangelicals and the antiabortion movement in Israel. Evangelicals respond to the possible end of Twitter. Did Trump “use” evangelicals? Election denier David Brody is starting […]
Trade Herschel Walker
Running to resign may be his best move—and Team GOP’s best move, too
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Three cheers for university presses A former Bob Jones University student in the wake of the attempted fundamentalist coup Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Former Christian Right leader Rob […]
Court evangelical James Robison: Trump acted “like a little elementary schoolchild”
The Washington Post is covering a speech by the seventy-nine-year-old James Robison at the November 16 meeting of the National Association of Christian Lawmakers. Read the Post piece here. According to its website, the National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL) […]
Zakaria: The GOP must purge Trump
Do the results of the 2022 midterm elections represent a serious wound, if not a mortal wound, to Donald Trump and Trumpism? Not really. Take the issue of election denial. Kari Lake lost her gubernatorial bid in Arizona, but the […]
Evangelical roundup for November 14, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Evangelicals and Ron DeSantis Evangelicalism in Brazil. And evangelicals for Lula. Brazil and Texas Gen Z evangelicals vote. The “other” evangelicals. Evangelicals are a foreign policy force. An encouraging message from the National Association […]
Nice Work, America
Voters just saved democracy, and in spectacular styleÂ
Zakaria: The GOP is “not filled with authoritarians.” It’s “filled with cowards”
Fareed Zakaria believes the midterms were about two things: abortion and Trump. Here is a taste of his column at The Washington Post: So, what was the vote about (or, rather, against)? It’s difficult to be sure, because exit polls […]
Evangelical roundup for November 10, 2022: Midterm election edition
How is Evangelical land responding to the 2022 Midterm Elections? 88% of Georgia evangelicals voted for Herschel Walker. 81% of Wisconsin evangelicals voted for Ron Johnson. Jim Wallis working as a polling chaplain: Christianity Today: “Republicans Win on Inflation but […]
It looks like clergy will be able run for office in Tennessee. Slavery is out of the Vermont constitution. And the rest of our election night coverage.
Here are some of our tweets from last night: Very early in the night Lance Wallnau, the self-described prophet, sensed election fraud in Pennsylvania and Georgia: Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk, the MAGA pundit, was keeping everyone relaxed: Trump got into the […]