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2021: What should we expect on the religion scene?

John Fea   |  January 5, 2021

I recently joined Engy Abdelkader, Jill Jacobs, John Inazu, Johnnie Moore, Gerardo Marti, David Gibson, Andre Henry, Asma Uddin, Robin Fretwell Wilson, and Jonathan Calvillo in thinking about what we can expect on the religious scene in 2021. Thanks to...

A historian imagines how a history textbook would cover 2020

John Fea   |  July 10, 2020

Historian James West Davidson is one of the authors of Nation of Nations: A Narrative History of the American Republic, a popular college and high school history textbook. Over at The Atlantic, he imagines what a chapter on 2020 might look...

The Trump campaign calls evangelicals to take its “Official Catholics for Trump Priorities Survey”

John Fea   |  June 14, 2020

First, the GOP platform condemns the sitting president, and now this: Maybe Trump should take some of the money he uses flying back and forth between the White House and Mar-a-Lago to hire a proofreader....

Don’t Make Too Much About the Slip in White Evangelical Support for Trump

John Fea   |  June 7, 2020

I have a now talked with a few media outlets about this. They are very eager to discuss a recent New York Times article titled “Trump’s Approval Slips Where He Can’t Afford to Lost It: Among Evangelicals.” Here is Jeremy...

Barack Obama Addresses the Killing of George Floyd and the Social Unrest it Has Precipitated

John Fea   |  June 1, 2020

From Medium: As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we...

Encouraging Words from Bishop Michael Curry

John Fea   |  May 31, 2020

Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day the Holy Spirit came upon the church in Acts 2. This year, Pentecost Sunday falls on a weekend in which race riots are tearing the country apart. It is a day that we as...

Have You Seen Ben Sasse’s Commencement Speech?

John Fea   |  May 18, 2020

What is this? Watch Sasse mock the graduating class of 2020, take multiple shots at China, make fun of the name “Jeremy,” tell kids that they are heavier than his generation, belittle “gym teachers,” and tell students not to study...

Obama to the Class of 2020: “Things are so screwed up” because people with “important jobs” act like “little kids.”

John Fea   |  May 16, 2020

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta5anRPf8rQ&w=560&h=315] Transcript: Hi, everybody. Aniyah, thank you for that beautiful introduction. I could not be prouder of everything you’ve done in your time with the Obama Foundation. And of course, I couldn’t be prouder of all of you in...

*2020: The Year of _____*

John Fea   |  March 15, 2020

It is quite common for historians to write books with a year for a title.  Some examples: Charles Mann, 1491: New Revelations of the America’s Before Columbus Adam Goodheart, 1861: The Civil War Awakening Louis Masur, 1831: Year of Eclipse David Traxel, 1898: The...

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