Here is the press release: The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) welcomes today’s Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson that overturns federal abortion rights based on Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The ruling represents the most significant change in abortion jurisprudence […]
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Current writers will address the end of Roe
Next week at Current we will be running a multi-day forum on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. We have lined-up an impressive array of writers who will offer short commentaries on the decision from multiple perspectives. I am confident […]
Thoughts As We Await the End of Roe
Where would we be on abortion today had we taken seriously George W. Bush’s “culture of life”?
Evangelical roundup for June 23, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? More coverage of the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference. Fame and evangelicalism Newsweek goes after Christians who adopt. Pro-life in a post-Roe world: On Southern Baptists as “political whores.” An Evangelical […]
Mehmet Oz backs away from the Trump brand
Donald Trump uses his endorsements of candidates to hold power within the GOP. But sometimes the candidates use Trump’s endorsement to win primaries, only to distance themselves from the former president in general elections. The latest candidate to do so […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Evangelical roundup for June 9, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Some Southern Baptists are trying to discredit the investigators hired to conduct the denomination’s sexual abuse study. Do conservative evangelicals have better sex lives? Shane Claiborne celebrates Pentecost: “Christians leading communities plagued by cartels […]
The Catholic Fox News
I used to occasionally watch EWTN. As a former Catholic (I am confirmed in the church and a friend who is a priest tells me that all I need to do is go to confession and I’m back in), I […]
What Happened When Jon Meacham Went to Samford?
At least one university thinks political discourse can be both civil and free
Evangelical roundup for June 6, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? “My body, my choice?“ A member of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee says that taking steps to prevent sexual abuse in churches is a bad idea Andy Stanley: Evangelicals are facing a “state […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: The problem with book reviewing Are the culture wars still religious in nature? Historians as contextualizers Philip Gorski and Sam Perry talk about Christian nationalism Are professors groomers? “Relief for […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Daniel K. Williams, “Pro-Life and Pro-Guns?” Timothy Larsen, “Boyhood Revisited“ John Seel, “Is College Really Worth It?” Jonathan Den Hartog, “Scooby Doo and the Black Robe Regiments“ Nadya Williams, “The […]
Why Ted Cruz Is Wrong About Guns
If a depraved culture is shaping Americans, why would we want them to have guns?
The Poetical Souls of Russian Dictators
What do we make of these creatures of contrasts—and literature on the lips of war criminals?
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: John Fea, “Satanic Portals, HIS-story, and Doug Mastriano“ John David Seel, “Is College Really Worth It?“ Daniel K. Williams, “What If Pro-Choice Politicians Acknowledged That Abortion Is a Moral Problem?“ […]
Pro-Life and Pro-Guns?
The recent shootings expose the radical individualism of white American evangelicals once more
Evangelical roundup for May 26, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? For some early responses to the Southern Baptist Convention sexual abuse report click here and here. Tim Alberta talks with Russell Moore about politics in the church. A Gospel Coalition author on “rights”: 10,000 […]
The Politics of Life
“Rights” language must, more often than not, give way to civic humanism