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Just how “Mormon” is Mitt Romney’s political theology?
Mitt Romney left the U.S. Senate this week. Over at The Dispatch, Samuel Benson reflects on his “farewell address.” A taste: …There are some today who would tear at our unity, who would replace love with hate, who deride our […]
To the Christian Writer
Bring the fire
Book gifts for kids for this Christmas season
Not all sweet traditions involve candy–some involve books.
Thomas Chatterton Williams: “It wasn’t sexism and racism alone”
Here is a taste of Williams‘s piece at The Atlantic: “What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong“: Yet I fear that far too many elite Democrats will direct their ire and scrutiny outward, and dismiss the returns as the result of […]
Yesterday was Election Day. What were evangelicals saying?
I am working on this roundup on Tuesday evening before most of the major states have reported their election results. Evangelicals are supposed to model what Galatians 5:22-23 describes as the “Fruit of the Spirit”. That verse says: “But the […]
1 day until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Yesterday I was writing about Rev. Dwight McKissic, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. In my current book manuscript I describe the role McKissic played in an anti-gay marriage rally in Arlington, Texas back in May 2004. […]
REVIEW: Books for Children
Wonder, virtue, and more
The chair of Cornerstone University’s Board of Trustees responds to the school’s cuts in arts and humanities (UPDATED)
Are you new to this story? Get up to speed here. The alumni of Cornerstone University recently received this statement from Richard S. Koole, chair of the Cornerstone University Board. Current was able to obtain a copy: Fellow Alumni, Like […]
The Dems’ Biggest Problem Isn’t Biden’s Age
Trump will likely win. But does anyone but Biden stand a chance of beating him?
“The Supreme Court has effectively ruled that 250 years of U.S. history under a republic is enough”
University of Maryland history professor Holly Brewer writes, “The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.” Here is a taste of her piece at The New Republic: Five members […]
The Particulates of Doom
In which dinosaurs, oil, and drilling come together to make fiction happen
REVIEW: The Believer
Guelzo’s Lincoln clarifies the moral foundations of democratic patriotism in a corrosive age
The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey E. Anderson
Jeffrey E. Anderson is Professor of History and Associate Director of the School of Humanities at the University of Louisiana Monroe. This interview is based on his new book, Voodoo: An African American Religion (LSU Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
The Author’s Corner with Shaun S. Nichols
Shaun S. Nichols is Assistant Professor of History at Boise State University. This interview is based on his new book, Manufacturing Catastrophe: Massachusetts and the Making of Global Capitalism, 1813 to the Present (Oxford University Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
The Return of Sacral Rulership?
Recognizing an age-old threat
REVIEW: We Need a Political Realignment
But can a “political hack” really give us one?
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
When “a decade of ideological transformation” in the academy “comes undone”
After learning that Claudine Gay, the embattled president of Harvard, resigned her post I returned to Len Gutkin‘s December 22, 2023 essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education. It is titled, “A Decade of Ideological Transformation Comes Undone.” Here is […]
Evangelical roundup for November 27, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Do you have a story for the roundup? Watch: Tim Alberta on how Trumpism has divided evangelicals. Also here. Stay tuned, I will be interviewing Alberta on CSPAN in the coming days. Nikki Haley […]