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Am I the Last of My Kind?
Fighting for the communities we love—despite the odds
The Author’s Corner with Stephanie Ryberg-Webster
Stephanie Ryberg-Webster is Associate Professor of Urban Affairs in the Levin College of Public Affairs & Education at Cleveland State University. This interview is based on her new book, Preserving the Vanishing City: Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, […]
Cornell University rejects a student call for trigger warnings
Here is a taste of the Cornell University Student Assembly’s Resolution 31: “Mandating Content Warnings for Traumatic Content in the Classroom”: Abstract: Urging university officials to require instructors who present graphic traumatic content that may trigger the onset of symptoms […]
Christian Nationalism: Stew or Seasoning?
It’s not simply a question of taste
The best mid-semester email you aren’t sending
The flowering pear tree in my driveway is in bloom, and the back deck of the house has turned yellow overnight from the pollen. This means that we have just passed the mid-semester point, and this week was time for […]
Different worldviews or different vantage points?
It can be incredible what a difference vantage points can make in our views of certain subjects. Consider differing opinions on the extent and significance of structural inequity versus the impact of individual choices. Some people believe that we generally […]
Some evangelicals will be tempted to support Trump in 2024 if it means striking a blow to the LGBTQ community
When Donald Trump was president he said very little about gay marriage and other LGBTQ issues. But when he did speak about the LGBTQ community it was usually positive. In April 2016, The New York Times published a piece by […]
In 1855-1856, the Speaker of the House was decided after 133 votes
As I write, the House is completing its eighth ballot for Speaker of the House. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic candidate, continues to get a plurality of the vote. The GOP is still divided, with most Republicans behind Kevin McCarthy and […]
Evangelical roundup for January 5, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? French evangelicals fight for the human dignity of children. Evangelical boomers and the legacy they have left behind. Florida’s Latino Evangelicals and politicized Christianity. The National Association of Evangelicals president on how to fix […]
FORUM: Reimagining a Misshapen Christian Public Discourse
The liberal order Green advocates has never been particularly liberal. It requires measured resistance.
Critics of liberalism; critics of national conservativism
I missed this when it appeared last month. Several intellectuals, many from the world of religion and theology, published “An Open Letter Responding to the NatCon ‘Statement of Principles.’” Signers include Paul Griffiths, David Bentley Hart, Eugene McCarraher, John Milbank, […]
America’s Molech Moment
How much will we sacrifice for the illusion of control?
Evangelical roundup for February 7, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Francis Collins says the “culture war is literally killing people.” He adds, “I am just basically heartbroken in a circumstance where, as an answer to prayer, vaccines have been developed that turned out to […]
The Marxist scholar who believes anti-racism is a cover for capitalism
If you listen to some folks on the Right these days you might conclude that there is little difference between the anti-racism and Marxism. But as Benjamin Wallace-Wells reveals in his recent piece on political scientist Adolph Reed, there are […]
Evangelical roundup for December 27, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? In case you missed it, we covered Charlie Kirk’s Christian nationalist celebration “America Fest.” Will someone please introduce this fellow of the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center to Selma, Birmingham, Montgomery, Emmett Til, […]
Evangelical roundup for November 22, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Al Mohler lists four temptations facing the Evangelical Theological Society: Fundamentalism, Atheism, Catholicism, and Theological Liberalism. He defines “fundamentalism” in terms of retreat from the world and certain “theological eccentricities.” He does not define […]
Reading about Nazis at Night
Comfort comes from unexpected places
Evangelical roundup: Memorial Day 2021 edition
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Paige Patterson is back. He preached yesterday at Robert Jeffress’s church. I guess Jeffress didn’t heed the advice of the Southern Baptist president. Can good Bill Hybels and bad Bill Hybels exist at the […]
Joe Biden did not mention God in his National Day of Prayer proclamation. Conservative evangelicals are not happy.
Yesterday was the National Day of Prayer. Biden issued a proclamation: Throughout our history, Americans of many religions and belief systems have turned to prayer for strength, hope, and guidance. Prayer has nourished countless souls and powered moral movements — […]