What is happening in Evangelical land? Do evangelicals believe the Bible is “literally true?” Former World editor Marvin Olasky on Trump and evangelical journalism. Shane is heading to the White House. I hope he is careful about the power of […]
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Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Why write? Where are all the first-generation academics? 19th-century quack medicine Make birth free All history is revisionist history The most pathetic men in America The history we need to […]
Albert Mohler: Christian nationalist
Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently interviewed Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony on his podcast. Hazony is the author The Virtue of Nationalism (2018) and the more recent Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Watch: Some highlights: 7:50ff: Hazony defines a […]
What is popular this week at Current
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: FORUM: The End of Roe, Day One John Fea, “My Grandmother’s Patriotism“ FORUM: The End of Roe, Day Four David Tucker, “Should We Be Impolite? FORUM: The End of Roe, […]
Never Mastrianos
Here is a taste of a recent piece at The Philadelphia Inquirer: A group of Pennsylvania Republicans with long records in government and politics will form a super PAC Wednesday to support state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee […]
Are Supreme Court justices, in their capacity as Supreme Court justices, praying with evangelical pro-lifers?
Here is Kara Vought and Tim Dickinson at Rolling Stone: At an evangelical victory party in front of the Supreme Court to celebrate the downfall of Roe v. Wade last week, a prominent Capitol Hill religious leader was caught on a hot mic making a bombshell […]
Evangelical roundup for July 7, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will Wheaton College remove J. Oliver’s Buswell’s name from its library? An evangelical on why evangelicals need to care more about inequality. The Anxious Bench blog gets a new editor Tim Keller is a […]
The Crisis of the Self-Made Catholic
Edicts from above are not sufficient. But they may be necessary.
Episode 42: “The Culture of Life”
Abortion and the final days of the 2004 election Episode 42: “The Culture of Life” 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 like what […]
Should We Be Impolite?
If incivility always carries a moral cost, we had best be sure it’s justified
Understanding the Supreme Court’s recent prayer in schools decision
The case is titled Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. Here are the facts of the case for those who are just getting up to speed: Joseph Kennedy, a high school football coach, engaged in prayer with a number of students […]
Does the Christian Right still need Trump?
Bonnie Kristian, a columnist at Christianity Today and a fellow at Defense Priorities, does not think so. Here is a taste of her piece today at The New York Times: For many backers of former President Donald Trump, Friday’s Supreme […]
Evangelical roundup for June 30, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Korean Christians and American evangelicalism. The Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave the National Association of Evangelicals. Walter Kim, the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, attends a PCA church n Virginia. […]
FORUM: The End of Roe, Day Four
A time to listen
FORUM: The End of Roe, Day Three
A time to listen
FORUM: The End of Roe, Day Two
A time to listen
We lifted the Current paywall for this week’s forum “The End of Roe”
Good morning. I hope you will spend some time this week checking out Current‘s four day series on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Today, Monday, we have Felicia Song, Randall Balmer, David Tucker, Una Cadegan, and John Haas. And […]
Evangelical roundup for June 27, 2022: Dobbs v. Jackson edition
How is Evangelical land responding to the overturning of Roe v. Wade? I have long understood these roundups as a form of curation. It’s important to get these responses (or at least some of them) all in one place. David […]
FORUM: The End of Roe, Day One
A time to listen
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: The pre-history of popular music Marilyn Robinson on gun violence 1979 all over again? Ross Douthat on the end of Roe The religious roots of the phrase, “good guy with […]