The former president’s endorsement of Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate race is getting the most attention, but I am more interested in his endorsement of Joe Kent in the race for the House seat from Washington state’s 3rd congressional […]
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Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center just released the summer issue of its journal “Reclaiming 1776.” Let’s take a look.
Liberty University president Jerry Prevo begins the journal with a quote from John Adams: Before my God, I believe the hour has come. My judgement approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and […]
Postmodernism: Then and Now
Is there yet a way to seize its promise?
“Thoughts and Prayers”
Who needs them? Both progressives and conservatives, it turns out.
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: Jay Green, CURRENT and the #Exvangelical Dilemma Steve Waldman, The Return of Local News M. Elizabeth Carter, Fishing for Faith John Fea, Where Benjamin Franklin Can’t Take Us John Fea, […]
Pew Research: “Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say increased attention to the history of slavery and racism is bad for the country”
Here is a taste of the recent Pew Research study: Among U.S. adults overall, 53% say increased attention to that history is a good thing for society, while 26% say it is a bad thing and another 21% say it […]
Josh Hawley’s “Love America Act.” Let’s break it down
Last week we published a post on Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s op-ed in The New York Post condemning critical race theory and promoting his personal view of what young Americans should learn in history class. His views are encapsulated in […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: The limits of audiobooks Can culture degenerate? The state of essay writing The widow of Medgar Evers and the grandson of Vice President Henry Wallace on Jim Crow Tucker Carlson […]
Evangelical roundup for August 5, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland? Evangelicals cited for passing out bologna sandwiches without a permit! How dare they! I pray this is true: Some evangelicals are supporting Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. Are nones less vaccinated than evangelicals?: “Non-woke truth church”: […]
Biden and the Bishops
Donāt be deceived: In American politics, it’s religion all the way down
Josh Hawley, “let’s be clear”: This is a nation of oppressors and liberators.
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley wrote an op-ed in The New York Post last weekend condemning critical race theory and promoting his personal view of what young Americans should learn in history class. Let’s take a look: Hawley writes: Parents know […]
Evangelical roundup for August 2, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland? Critical race theory is dividing evangelicalism. Are evangelicals woke? This Reformed Baptist thinks “woke evangelicalism” is an “abomination”: Billy Graham’s grandson is out of the hospital. Evangelicals love Israel Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popularĀ CurrentĀ features of the last week: John Fea, Love Your Neighbor. Get Vaccinated Adam Jortner, Can We Get Better Jeremiads? John Fea, Reforming Evangelicalism Nadya Williams, Changes in the Classics Jeremy Sabella, The Prosperity Gospel President Here […]
Biden administration backs off the 1619 Project and other anti-racist literature and language in its new American history and Civics grant program
Back in April we wrote about the Department of Education “priorities” for its new American History and Civics grant program. The call for proposals expressed an interest in programs that stressed the “importance of including, in the teaching learning of […]
Evangelical roundup for July 26, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland?: If you can get behind the paywall, Beth Allison Barr and Kristin Kobes Du Mez were out on the town in Waco and The New Yorker covered it! Evangelicals making a difference: Critical race theory […]
Evangelical roundup for July 22, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Owen Strachan is worried about changing “biblical commas”: Beware of former Obama adviser Michael Wear. š Why evangelicals still love Trump. With COVID-19 on the rise among the unvaccinated, this evangelical commentator and former […]
Evangelical roundup for July 12, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? A lot of commentators–evangelical or otherwise–are responding to the recent PRRI survey. Sarah Jones at New York Magazine. NPR. Michelle Boorstein at The Washington Post. The Burlington (VT) Free Press. Natalie Jackson at Five […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Sermongate Should you quit Twitter? George Will: Move the mound back a foot and have only two infielders Substack and the economy Peter Wehner interviews Jonathan Rauch on the “death […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popularĀ CurrentĀ features of the last week: Scott Hancock, “South Carolina and the first ‘Big Lie.’” John Fea, “An Open Letter to American History Teachers: Stop Teaching ‘Critical Race Theory’“ Randall Balmer, “Who Killed Evangelicalism?“ John Fea: “‘What […]
Evangelical roundup for July 8, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Is evangelicalism an “ethos“? Do evangelicals have a theology of the church? A good reminder: Ask an Evangelical! Latino evangelicals turn toward Trumpism: A conservative website doesn’t like that McLean Bible Church pastor David […]