Last week I wondered why the pro-Trump, Make America Great Again, Christian nationalist revivalists were not noticing the spiritual revival going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. These people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian […]
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Is it still possible to teach Faulkner in Florida?
Here is Florida State University Diane Roberts‘s piece at The Atlantic, “‘Most Important, We Must Not Upset DeSantis‘”: In my senior Southern Literature class, I’m about to teach Go Down, Moses, William Faulkner’s great novel about how racism has warped America. […]
Will Ben Sasse, the new president of the University of Florida, bow to Ron DeSantis?
Yesterday was former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse’s first day as president of the University of Florida. We are all waiting to see how he will get along with Florida governor Ron DeSantis, especially as it relates to “wokeness.” Here is […]
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:
In Florida, Teaching African American History Is Against the Law
The latest battlefield in the GOP’s “anti-woke” crusade
Evangelical roundup for January 12, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Jack Hayford, RIP. Do young evangelicals listen to their pastors? Catholics and evangelicals together? Evangelicals in France oppose euthanasia. Eric Metaxas makes Roger Stone’s “best-dressed” list: Who will evangelicals vote for in the 2024 […]
FORUM: The New Shape of Christian Public Discourse
To understand our moment, we need to move beyond the left-right spectrum
The Truth and Beauty of Michael Gerson’s Words
Remembering a real compassionate conservative
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: What’s happening at Christian colleges and universities? Is DeSantis the GOP front-runner for 2024? Alan Taylor reviews Stacy Schiff’s The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams New books in American political history Dwight […]
The battle for our public schools
Hannah Natanson, Clara Ence Morse, Anu Narayanswamy and Christina Brause explore 64 laws passed in the last three academic years that are “reshaping what students can learn and do in school.” Read the piece at The Washington Post. Here are a few of […]
Evangelical roundup for October 10, 2022
What is happing in Evangelical land? Anderson Cooper talks with Bret Barber, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. French evangelicals and abuse victims. When an American evangelical helped a family observe Sukkot. Russell Moore on Loretta Lynn. Justin Giboney drops […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Marvin Olasky, “A Wrinkle in Journalism History“ David Hollinger, “The Evangelical-Mainline Divide: Two Questions“ Peter Hill, “Fear and Loathing at Independence Hall“ Frederic Durbin, “Connections Through Street Poetry“ Christopher Shannon, […]
Advanced Placement African American Studies: a progress report
Back in August we brought your attention to Advanced Placement African American Studies. Sixty high schools around the country are piloting this new course during the 2022-2023 academic year. Over at CNN, Brandon Tensley reports on how things are going […]
Evangelical roundup for September 22, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? 60% of evangelicals want America to be declared a Christian nation. Theological heresies evangelicals believe. Evangelicals and Catholicism. A forum on evangelicals and voting in Brazil. Tim Tebow auctions-off his Heisman Trophy. When the […]
Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?
On the common agenda of Seven Mountain Dominionists and National Conservatives
LONG FORM: A Wrinkle in Journalism History
The recently resigned editor-in-chief of World has a story to tell—and a warning to offer
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: John Fea, “How to Be an Activist Historian“ Timothy Larsen, “REVIEW: How’s that Post-Christian Thing Goin’ for Ya?“ Nadya Williams, “Gorbachev’s Legacy: Moscow (Still) Doesn’t Believe in Tears“ John Fea, […]
Advanced Placement African American Studies is here!
This academic year students at 60 high schools around the country are taking AP African American Studies. Here is Olivia Waxman at Time: The course will be the College Board’s 40th Advanced Placement course, and the first new AP course […]
The Liberal Agenda in Higher Education
In which a young man discovers that the brain was not made to live in a silo
“Capture the schools”
University of Pennsylvania education historian Jonathan Zimmerman reflects on the wars over history in schools. A taste: Last year, former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon likewise called on right-wing Americans to capture the schools. “The path to save the nation is […]