It was good to get back to conferences this weekend. I forgot how much there is to learn through attending conferences and how much face-to-face engagement is so much more effective at stimulating thinking than ZOOM events. On Thursday I […]
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Evangelical roundup for June 14, 2021 (Southern Baptist Convention edition)
What is going on in Evangelicalland? The Southern Baptists are converging on Nashville this week. Here are some links to help you put the annual meeting in context: Sarah Pulliam Bailey has a helpful piece on what is at stake. […]
Southern Baptists Can’t Shake Their Past
At this week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, the tortured state of American conservatism is on full display
Stolen Valor and the American Persecution Complex
What do contemporary Christians living in America have to learn from Christians around the world experiencing actual persecution?
What is popular at Current this week?
Here are the most popular Current features this week Randall Balmer, Who Killed Evangelicalism? John Fea, An Open Letter to American History Teachers: Stop Teaching “Critical Race Theory” Rachel Stone, Amy Coney Barret and the Cult of Fecundity Thomas Mackaman, […]
Evangelical roundup for June 10, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? A former evangelical governor of Tennessee on how to fix evangelical Trumpism Eric Metaxas appeared on the Mike Huckabee show. He is still talking about getting kicked-off YouTube: The murder of the spouse of […]
What does Russell Moore’s departure from the Southern Baptist Convention tells us about the state of American Christianity?
The Southern Baptists are meeting in Nashville later this month and it is going to be a doozy! Stone vs. Mohler Critical race theory. Women in the church. Sexual-abuse cover-ups. Russell Moore. This sounds more like a soap opera than […]
Can we tell a more complete story of American history without making people feel guilty or being made to feel guilty?
Over at National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition, historian Julian Hayter talks with host Scott Simon about why some school districts are opposed to critical race theory. Here is a taste: SIMON: Do you think a lot of Americans view history […]
Evangelical roundup for June 7, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Here is the latest news from the Southern Baptist Convention. In a recently uncovered letter, Russell Moore says that SBC leaders compared sexual abuse survivors to Potiphar’s wife and called one victim, Jennifer Lyell, […]
What is popular at Current this week?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: An Open Letter to American History Teachers: Stop Teaching “Critical Race Theory” Who Killed Evangelicalism? We Are Family Religion and Politics: Which Way Does It Flow? Lee Greenwood Christianity Here are […]
Words with no meaning
“Cancel culture.” “Wokness.” “Critical Race Theory.” “Socialism.” We are debating these issues and we have no idea what they mean. Here is a taste of Hamilton Nolan at In These Times: To attempt to have any kind of good faith […]
Evangelical roundup for June 3, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Paige Patterson believes a “lynch mob” is after him. Russell Moore get a new gig as “Minister in Residence” at a non-Southern Baptist Church that is part of the Acts 29 network. Adelle banks […]
Jim Grossman: “If people are fighting about history, that shows that it’s important.”
Over at NBC News, Kelly Fields wonders if critical race theory and patriotism can co-exist in classrooms. I would argue that they can co-exist. But the piece also makes a good case for the study of history and civics. Here […]
Last week at Current
It was a good week at Current. What did we publish? Daniel K. Williams began the week with a piece on abortion and COVID-19 that could have easily been published on the op-ed page of The New York Times. Williams […]
What is popular at Current?
Here are the most popular Current features of the last week: An Open Letter to American History Teachers: Stop Teaching “Critical Race Theory” Texas and Massachusetts: A Tale of Two States American Amnesia Holocausts I’ve Never Heard Of NPR Insults […]
Evangelical roundup for May 27, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Are complementarians inherently patriarchal? Texas wants to require public schools to hang “In God We Trust” signs A book criticizing critical race theory is blowing-up in evangelical circles. The Southern Baptists are heading to […]
What is going on at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul?
I linked to this story in my May 24, 2021 Evangelical Roundup, but I thought it deserved a separate post. The University of Northwestern, a Christian college in St. Paul, Minnesota, appears to be making a good-faith effort to deal […]
Some Catholic priests are conducting exorcisms to dispel the evil spirits left by racial justice activists
According to Audrey Clare Farley at The New Republic, some conservative Catholic priests believe they are engaged in a spiritual war against Black Lives Matter, Marxism, critical race theory, intersectionality, and wokeness. Here is a taste of her piece: Last […]
Evangelical roundup for May 24, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? University of Pennsylvania professors on Trump and evangelicalism Eric Metaxas tells his audience to vote for Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa in the upcoming New York City mayoral election. Metaxas apparently thinks he has a […]
Biden dumped Trump’s 1776 Commission, but its members are still meeting
If you are not familiar with the 1776 Commission, get up to speed here and here and here. Here is The Washington Examiner: The education advisory commission set up by former President Donald Trump will resume operations despite being disbanded by President Joe […]