I know I just reposted this piece a few days ago after the Buffalo shooting, but it continues to represent my thinking about these mass shootings. Here is what I wrote at The Washington Post in August 2019: In the […]
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More responses to the Southern Baptist sexual abuse report
We gathered some very early responses here. These are responses we have seen since Sunday night: JOURNALISM: Adelle Banks of Religion News Service has a timeline. Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias at The New York Times. Some nice context here. […]
Ourselves, Alone?
What the evolution of Sinn Féin nationalism reveals about the contemporary “crisis” of liberalism
Evangelical roundup for May 23, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Syke Jethani just triggered Rod Dreher Shane returns to his bus: Shane learns something about Mastriano: The artist behind Chick Tracts has died Tim Keller quotes church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette: Ruth Graham on […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Dominic Green reviews Richard Cohen, Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past. Lewis Lapham interviews Cohen here Caitlin Flanagan on the trail of Joan Didion George Will offers the […]
Eastern University alumni ask university to rescind Doug Mastriano’s 2009 “Alumnus of the Year” award
Frankly, I am surprised Eastern, a Christian college with a rather progressive political history–think Bryan Stevenson, Shane Claiborne, Roberta Hestenes, Ron Sider, Tony Campolo–would give Mastriano such an award. The committee must not have known about this 2001 paper. Here […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Jay Green, “The Strange Bedfellows of Anti-Woke Alarmism“ Daniel K. Williams, “What If Pro-Choice Politicians Acknowledged That Abortion Is a Moral Problem?“ Jonathan Den Hartog, “Scooby Doo and the Black […]
Satanic Portals, HIS-story, and Doug Mastriano
The Christian Right seems incapable of democratic conversation
Where does Doug Mastriano go to church?
It’s an interesting question. Where does the GOP nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, a pro-Trump, Big Lie-believing, Christian nationalist attend church? I did some digging today with the help of some friends on Twitter: Leave it to two guys with […]
Evangelical roundup for May 19, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land Evangelical anti-abortion activity before Roe. The National Association of Evangelicals on the Buffalo shooting: The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Buffalo: Roger Olson brings some autobiographical nuance to Jesus and John Wayne. More here. […]
Mike Pence positions himself for 2024
According to Adam Wren at Politico, the former Indiana governor and Vice-President of the United States is trying to find a lane that will allow him to praise Trump for his accomplishments and separate him from Trump’s many missteps. Wren […]
Evangelical roundup for May 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land: Southern Baptist church membership is down 1.1. million. “Jesusland” versus “The United States of Canada” revisited. Not “lone wolves”: Truth: More Shane: The president of Sojourners on reducing abortion, not overturning Roe. What does […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Read more than you write The origins of “The Anxious Bench” blog The American debate over abortion occurs within some non-debatable parameters Racist murders in 19th-century America Did Christian nationalism […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Jen Glaze, “A Meditation on Doomscrolling, Picnics, and the Ukrainian-Russian Conflict“ Adam Jortner, “The Better Angels of Our Democracy“ Christopher Shannon, “Christian Nationalisms, Easter Risings“ Daniel K. Williams, “Abortion and […]
Evangelical roundup for May 12, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? The New York Times reports on how Trumpism divided an Arkansas church. Veteran religion writer Terry Mattingly responds to the piece. Shane turning guns into tools: It appears that The New York Times is […]
The consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade
Michael Walther, a pro-life Catholic, can live with the consequences. But at least he is aware of them. Here is a taste of his piece at The New York Times: American society as we know it today came into being […]
Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey will vote to codify Roe v. Wade into law
Here is Amy Gang and Seung Min Kim at The Washington Post: Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. said Tuesday that he would support legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade into law, a dramatic shift for one of the few remaining Democrats […]
Pro-lifers attack pro-life Christian pregnancy centers
This is what happens when you mix anti-intellectual populism and the anti-abortion movement. Emily Belz reports at Christianity Today. Her editors have chosen a polite and civil title for her piece: “The Supreme Court Leak Was an Unplanned Complication for […]
Evangelical roundup for May 8, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Apparently Tim Keller is now not good enough for some conservative evangelicals of the Christian Right. Apparently Ralph Reed forgot about Merrick Garland: Roger Olson responds to Jesus and John Wayne. Charlie Kirk is […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Kathryn Hughes reviews Emma Smith, Portable Magic: A History of books and their Readers David Bell reviews Joan Wallach Scott, On the Judgment of History How Roe “warped” America. Molly […]