Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2019 Here some context from I have written about these Bible classes...
Abington v. Schempp
Today’s Religion News Service Commentary: “Kentucky’s shrewd move to promote a Christian nationalist agenda”
Regular readers of The Way of Improvement Leads Home will be familiar with a longer version of this piece. Here is a taste of a shorter version syndicated today through Religion News Service: (RNS) Matt Bevin, the governor of Kentucky, recently...
The Bible in Kentucky Schools
Matt Bevin, the Governor of Kentucky, just signed a bill allowing the Bible to be taught in the state’s public schools. Here is the text of HB 128: AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools. Create...
The GOP Platform on Bibles in Public Schools: Some Historical Context
I case you haven’t heard, the Republican Party wants to bring the Bible back into public schools. The GOP platform encourages public high schools to teach elective courses about the Bible. The Washington Post‘s Emma Brown has a great piece on this...
Virtual Office Hours: Fall 2015 Season – Episode 13
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YRoV_KezI] Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?“The Threat to Christian America”...
Call for Papers: 50 Years After Schempp
On September 27-29, 2013, the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington will host a conference entitled “Religious Studies 50 Years after Schempp: History, Institutions, Theory.” Conference organizers have issued a call for papers: Fifty years ago the Supreme Court of […]