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Daniel Silliman

When evangelical leaders fail: Some thoughts from Augustine

John Fea   |  June 18, 2024

Christianity Today news editor Daniel Silliman is trying to make sense of the recent spate of moral failures in evangelical leadership. Some good words here from Dan and Augustine: Today is not a day when I feel particularly optimistic about […]

“Just a little bit of flattery”: Christianity Today and J. Edgar Hoover

John Fea   |  April 12, 2023

Christianity Today news editor and historian Daniel Silliman reflects on his current employer’s relationship to FBI Director (1935-1972) J. Edgar Hoover. Silliman’s thoughts were triggered by his reading of Lerone Martin’s The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover. Here is a […]

How do evangelicals understand “Christian nationalism?”

John Fea   |  November 1, 2022

Daniel Silliman has some nice reporting on this at Christianity Today. A taste: Caleb Campbell didn’t know he needed the term Christian nationalism. He’d heard it, here and there, but it hadn’t really registered. It was at the edge of his […]

Is November 2022 the most important election since 1850?

John Fea   |  October 26, 2022

As I type this, I am watching presidential historian Jon Meacham on CNN. He is saying that the 2022 midterm elections are the most important elections since the 1850s. Why? Because the rule of law is on the ballot. Michael […]