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David French’s civic pluralism versus Al Mohler’s Christian nationalism

John Fea   |  November 22, 2022

Last week, the Senate advanced the Respect for Marriage Act. The bill legalizes (“provides statutory authority” for) same-sex and interracial marriages. Here is a summary of the bill from Congress.Gov: Specifically, the bill repeals and replaces provisions that define, for...

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InterVarsity director at Harvard explains why he voted for the atheist president of the university’s chaplains

John Fea   |  September 3, 2021

Get up to speed here. Pete Williamson is the team leader for InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries at Harvard and a Harvard Chaplain. Here is a taste of his recent piece at Christianity Today: For seven years, I have worked...

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Court evangelical James Dobson invokes the Civil War in a letter to followers on the November elections

John Fea   |  July 31, 2020

Read the entire letter here. Let’s break it down: Dobson: As I write this newsletter, voters across this nation are only a few short months away from the next general election. What an ominous time this is for our 244-year-old...

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Engaging with the latest stuff on race and the founders coming from Liberty University’s Falkirk Center

John Fea   |  July 18, 2020

Not all Christian colleges are the same. Some of you may recall a post in which I compared Messiah University to Liberty University. If you have a child considering a faith-based college I encourage you to read that post. Liberty...

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What Happened to the Moral Clarity of Some American Evangelicals Between 2016 and 2020?

John Fea   |  April 17, 2020

Sarah Pulliam Bailey’s recent story at The Washington Post adds to what I posted about  earlier this week (here and here).  Here are some new things we learn from her piece:  Mohler’s son-in-law is a Trump appointee in the State Department....

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The Attacks on Samaritan’s Purse Reveal a Fundamental Misunderstanding of Evangelical Relief Work

John Fea   |  April 1, 2020

As I wrote about yesterday, Franklin Graham’s organization Samaritan’s Purse has built a field hospital in Central Park to service coronavirus patients. Not everyone is happy about it. For example, Brad Hoylman, a New York state senator representing Manhattan, wants...

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John Inazu: “shutdown orders shouldn’t exempt religious gatherings, and those communities should comply”

John Fea   |  March 18, 2020

John Inazu is a professor of law and religion at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference. Here is a taste of his recent piece at The Atlantic:  What is a...

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John Inazu’s Advice for White Evangelicals

John Fea   |  February 12, 2020

Inazu teaches law at Washington University in St. Louis.  He is the author of Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference and the forthcoming (with Tim Keller) Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference. Here is a taste of...

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Can Any of the Democratic Candidates Appeal to Evangelicals?

John Fea   |  January 30, 2020

Here is a taste of my recently published piece at Religion News Service: Do the current Democratic candidates for president have any chance of winning evangelicals in November 2020? Probably not. Of the candidates left in the Democratic primary race,...

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Shirley Hoogstra of the CCCU Explains Fairness for All

John Fea   |  December 11, 2019

Last week we introduced readers to the Fairness for All Act. Over at The Anxious Bench blog, historian Chris Gehrz has published his interview with Shirley Hoogstra, president of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).  The CCCU is...

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Thoughts on a Discouraging Weekend

John Fea   |  October 13, 2019

I was on Fall Break this weekend and probably spent way too much time reading and watching the news, following the Values Voter Summit, and tweeting.  With the exception of the beautiful central Pennsylvania weather, I  leave the weekend pretty...

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Beto O’Rourke: Churches and Religious Institutions Should Lose Tax-Exempt Status If They “Oppose Same Sex Marriage”

John Fea   |  October 11, 2019

Here is Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on CNN last night: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR02Kf4wS_0&w=560&h=315] Every Democratic candidate for President of the United States should be asked this question. I have always appreciated Beto’s sense of conviction, but I hope he rethinks...

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Duke University Rejects Young Life

John Fea   |  September 16, 2019

Universities like Duke claim to be bastions of free speech, inclusion, and pluralism, but they tend to define these commitments very narrowly.   For example, the student government at Duke recently rejected Young Life‘s official status on campus because the Christian...

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What is Going on at the University of Iowa?

John Fea   |  September 29, 2018

The administration of the University of Iowa does not want a Christian student group called Business Leaders in Christ (BLinC) on campus because they do not permit LGBT students to hold leadership positions.  After de-registering BLinC as an official student...

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What Does the Trump Administration Mean by “Religious Freedom?”

John Fea   |  August 23, 2018

At the State Department’s recent “Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions claimed that there is a “dangerous movement, undetected by many” that is “challenging and eroding our great tradition of religious freedom.”  This “dangerous movement,” Sessions added,...

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John Inazu Still Believes in Confident Pluralism

John Fea   |  August 13, 2018

Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion at Washington University Law School.  He is the author of Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference.  That book was published two years ago and Inazu continues to...

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What Happens When a Culture Warrior and a Confident Pluralist Exchange Tweets About Trump’s Border Wall?

John Fea   |  July 9, 2018

Last week I did a post on evangelical theologian Wayne Grudem’s biblical defense of Donald Trump’s border wall. Here is what a couple of smart people tweeted about Grudem’s defense of the wall: I admire much of Wayne Grudem’s work....

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What Looms on the Horizon for Christian Colleges?

John Fea   |  January 18, 2018

Over at First Things, church historian Carl Trueman argues that Christian colleges need to prepare financially for a bleak future in a post-Christian age.  He writes: The specific point of conflict is likely to be (once again) Title IX legislation that...

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“Pluralism and the Art of Disagreement”

John Fea   |  September 14, 2017

Last week we wrote about Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber’s criticism of the religious questions posed to federal judge nominee Amy Coney Barrett by Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Today we call your attention to Eisgruber’s speech at...

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The Nashville Statement is a Disaster

John Fea   |  September 1, 2017

  It is a disaster for all the reasons Chris Gehrz makes clear in his post today at The Pietist Schoolman.  (I should add the title of this post is mine). The so-called “Nashville Statement” is indeed “theology for the...

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