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REVIEW: Whose Kingdom, Power, and Glory?
A former GOP insider finds himself nodding along with Tim Alberta’s damning portrait of the Christian Right
Evangelical roundup for April 24, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? GOP candidates meet with Iowa evangelicals. More here. The role of evangelical Christianity in Venezuela’s 2024 election. Conservative evangelicals in the Church of England reject the Archbishop of Canterbury. The New York Times obituary […]
Seven Mountain Dominionism used to be a “stealth” operation. No longer.
In November, 2010, Lance Wallnau, the founder and head of an organization called “Lance Learning Group,” visited Modesto. It was his second visit to the California city. Mark S. Vasche, editor of the The Modesto Bee, wrote about Wallnau’s visit. […]
“Prophet” Lance Wallnau: Steve Bannon should speak in tongues and the Trump family should be “Charismatic Pentecostals”
Lance Wallnau has been on a roll of late. Some of you know Wallnau. He’s the guy who: He now wants to win MAGA “thought leaders” to Pentecostalism: Wallnau recently spoke at the “Fire and Glory Live” event. Here is […]
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Chris Lehmann remembers Barbara Ehrenreich
We lost a great cultural critic and writer last week. I have benefited immensely over the years from Barbara Ehrenreich‘s work on social class in America. She is well-known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By […]
More on Pennsylvania governor candidate Doug Mastriano’s affiliation with a Conservative Mennonite Church
We reported on this on May 19, 2022. Apparently Doug Mastriano and his family attends Pond Bank Mennonite Church in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Now Tim Huber, a writer at Anabaptist World, reports on it: CMC executive director Brian Hershberger told Anabaptist World by […]
Satanic Portals, HIS-story, and Doug Mastriano
The Christian Right seems incapable of democratic conversation
Where does Doug Mastriano go to church?
It’s an interesting question. Where does the GOP nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, a pro-Trump, Big Lie-believing, Christian nationalist attend church? I did some digging today with the help of some friends on Twitter: Leave it to two guys with […]
Can Writing (And Reading) Military History Be an Act of Compassion?
Aeschylus prompts us to consider other ways of seeing war—past and present
Evangelical roundup for November 18, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Do evangelicals prioritize power or truth? I guess you need to draw the line somewhere ;-): “[Owen] Strachan stated that ‘I don’t believe in separate races … We’re one human race. That’s what I […]
The Author’s Corner with Benjamin Wetzel
Benjamin Wetzel is Assistant Professor of History at Taylor University. This interview is based on his new book, Theodore Roosevelt: Preaching from the Bully Pulpit (Oxford University Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Theodore Roosevelt? BW: In the fall […]
Evangelical roundup for May 6, 2021
What is happening in Evangelicalland? Evangelical TikTok Pray for India Shane Claiborne on the death penalty: What did televangelists look like before they were famous? Nick Jonas actually transformed into Joel Osteen: A reviewer thinks Beth Barr did not go […]