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The latest from the Randall Stephens Collection
Trump at Madison Square Garden: “A closing argument of grievances, misogyny, and racism”
It is very likely that more than seventy million Americans are going to vote for Donald Trump on November 5. Reporters from The New York Times chronicled what happened yesterday at Madison Square Garden First, there was this: A comic […]
Live blogging night 4 of the GOP convention
It’s Trump’s turn tonight. Check out our coverage of night 1, night 2, and night 3. ***** U. S. Senator Steve Daines of Montana. He is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Says that this morning on his […]
Albert Mohler: “I want to maximize the Christian commitments of the state, the civilization”
The National Conservatives are meeting this week in Washington D.C. Speakers include Stephen Miller (Trump immigration adviser), John Eastman (indicted lawyer who tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election), Walter Russell Mead (Bard College), Megan Basham (MAGA writer), R.R. […]
Ishmael Reed to Cornel West: “Are you sure you want to help install a dictatorship?”
The work of Ishmael Reed got on my radar screen after he started criticizing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton. In fact, Reed was so critical of Hamilton that he wrote an entire play titled The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda (2019). […]
Albert Mohler, Doug Wilson, and Steve Bannon will speak at the National Conservatism conference in July
The National Conservative movement is hosting its fourth annual conference in July. Watch: Speakers include: Albert Mohler (President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Steve Bannon (Trump adviser and alt-right leader) Josh Hawley (U.S. Senator from Missouri) Stephen Miller (Trump adviser and […]
What a 2025 Trump cabinet might look like
Axios is reporting that Trump is already considering cabinet appointments. For Vice-President, Trump is considering Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate and election denier Kari Lake, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, Florida representative […]
Evangelical roundup for October 9, 2023
What is going on in Evangelical land? The number of evangelicals who believe the “earth is in crisis” is dropping. Italian evangelicals oppose the participation of the World Evangelical Alliance’s in a Vatican-sponsored prayer vigil. Denver Seminary hosts a conference […]
Trump endorses Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race
Donald Trump just endorsed Mehmet Oz’s candidacy for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat currently held by Pat Toomey. Here is Trip Gabriel at The New York Times: Wading into a tight Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania, former President Donald J. […]
Evangelical roundup for September 2, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals who tell the truth continue to lose their jobs? The VP of the National Association of Evangelicals on Afghanistan: The evangelical governor of Mississippi says that “when you believe in eternal […]
Rothkopf: “Biden deserves credit, not blame for Afghanistan”
David Rothkopf‘s piece at The Atlantic is helpful. He argues that “Americans should feel proud of what the U.S. government and military have accomplished in these past two weeks.” A taste: They all conveniently forgot that they were responsible for […]
Evangelical roundup for May 6, 2021
What is happening in Evangelicalland? Evangelical TikTok Pray for India Shane Claiborne on the death penalty: What did televangelists look like before they were famous? Nick Jonas actually transformed into Joel Osteen: A reviewer thinks Beth Barr did not go […]
Interpreting Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago office
Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s nativist speechwriter and adviser, recently shared a picture of himself with Donald Trump after a meeting in Mar-a-Lago: Over at Politico, Daniel Lippman interprets the picture in a masterful piece titled “What a photo of Trump’s […]
Martin Marty’s graduate students
The late church historian taught an all-star lineup of graduate students at the University of Chicago: M. Barbara Akin (1970, History)+Catherine Albanese (1972)Robert Alvis (2000)Richard Anderson (1973, History)R. Scott Appleby (1985)Yaakov Ariel (1986)James Ash (1976)+Paul Baglyos (1997)Craig Barnes (1992)Marvin Bergman (1990)James Block (1999, CSThought)Eileen Brewer (1984)James Bundy (1979)Jonathan Butler (1975)Stephen Carleton (1975)+Dennis Castillo (1990)Robert Choquette […]
Current’s 100 Books of the 21st Century
In response to NYT’s list of 100 books of the 21st century, we at Current have compiled our own list.
Blessing of Unicorns: Fairy tales, books, exvangelicals, summer, and Roman warfare
Blessing of Unicorns: Featuring fairy tales with the gory bits left in, books, exvangelicals, summer, and Roman battle scenes in movies.
This may be the best thing I have read on Trump
Back in June 2017, I wrote a post that linked to Rebecca Solnit‘s piece on Donald Trump titled “The Loneliness of Donald Trump.” At the time I said that “this may be the best thing I have read on Trump.” […]
Our Draymond Green problem
Even if we see problems within our team, it is notoriously difficult to go against your own group, whatever that group is.
A library for joy, sorrow, and reflection: 2023 with Current book reviews
A summary of the year with Current book reviews. Find our top 23 reviews for ’23, and more.