Back in November 2022 old school fundamentalists at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina tried to remove president Steve Pettit. Apparently the popular president was allowing the wrong kind of music in chapel, letting female athletes wear “immodest clothing,”...
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What is happening at Bob Jones University?
According to reporter Steve Rabey, the Bob Jones University may be facing an old school fundamentalist revolt. The board of the university may remove president Steve Pettit for allowing the wrong kind of worship music in chapel, letting female athletes...
Episode 46: Flexing Muscles
After lifting George W. Bush to victory, the Christian right seeks its reward. Episode 46: âFlexing Musclesâ dropped today. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: If you...
What a Fundamentalist College Might Look Like: Part 2
I think Bob Jones University might qualify as a fundamentalist college. I wrote about BJU in my M.A. thesis at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (thanks Darryl Hart for being my second reader on that beast), but if you want to...