Daniel Hummel of The Lumen Center in Madison, Wisconsin interviews Current contributing Daniel K. Williams about his book The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship. Watch:
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Daniel K. Williams at The Raised Hand: interview on what college students need to learn
Today at The Raised Hand, you can listen to Kathryn Wagner’s interview with my favorite American historian about a topic near and dear to his heart–and it is the central question for this year at The Raised Hand: what does […]
Interview with Dan Williams on Politics of the Cross, paperback release
Tomorrow is the paperback release of Politics of the Cross. How well did this book age since 2021? Find out in this interview.
Daniel K. Williams is the new Director of Teacher Programs at The Ashbrook Center at Ashland University
A big congratulations to Current contributing editor Daniel K. Williams who was just appointed the Director of Teacher Programs at The Ashbrook Center at Ashland University. Dan is leaving his post at the University of West Georgia to assume the […]
Current writers join a Politico forum on post-Roe America
Last year Politico asked twenty thinkers to respond to the end of Roe v. Wade. Today Politico asked the same twenty people to reflect on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Current editors and […]
The original message behind the American Christmas was not very evangelical
Historian Daniel K. Williams, a Current contributing editor, explains in a recent piece at Christianity Today. A taste: Conservative evangelical Christians have sometimes been eager advocates of the modern campaign to “keep Christ in Christmas” and preserve the traditional religious meaning of […]
Jay Green and Daniel K. Williams discuss the need for liberal democracy
If you have been following the Twitter debate over Jay Green’s Current piece, “The New Shape of Christian Public Discourse,” you might also be interested in Daniel William’s interview with Green over The Anxious Bench blog. Here Jay brings further […]
How can evangelicals help to preserve democracy during this election season?
Current contributing editor Daniel K. Williams offers some helpful advice. Here is a taste of his piece at Christianity Today: Harvard historian James Kloppenberg, author of Toward Democracy, argued that democracy in the US will succeed only if parties on both […]
Old state anti-abortion laws are becoming relevant again
Current contributing editor Daniel K. Williams explains in a recent piece at The Atlantic: Abortion opponents seem not to have expected some of the more draconian consequences of the Dobbs decision—that anti-abortion laws would prevent pregnant women who were not seeking abortions […]
What overturning Roe v. Wade will NOT mean for the future of abortion in the United States
Readers of Current know the work of Daniel K. Williams. He teaches American history at the University of West Georgia and is the author of several books on evangelicals and politics, including Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement before […]
Current on abortion
In light of the leaked Samuel Alito draft, I thought I would post links to a few pieces at Current that have addressed the issue of abortion. I am sure there will be more to say once we hear more […]
Fosdick’s “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” turns 100
Current Contributing Editor Daniel K. Williams reflects on this classic 1922 sermon. Here is a taste of his post at The Anxious Bench: Now that we have reached the centennial anniversary of this sermon, perhaps it’s time to ask the […]
“If pro-life advocates want to reduce the number of abortions…arguments about the humanity of the fetus won’t be relevant, because many of the women obtaining abortions already hold such beliefs.”
If you are pro-life, I hope you had a chance to read historian Daniel K. Williams’s piece today at Current. In my view, the pro-life movement is stuck in a rut. In its nearly fifty-year effort to overturn Roe v. […]