Here are few of the prizes that caught my eye: Feature Writing (Finalist): Elizabeth Bruenig for her work on the death penalty in Alabama. History (Winner): Jefferson Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power History (Finalist):...
Elizabeth Bruenig
The “moral complexity” of Junipero Serra
Father Junipero Serra, a Franciscan priest who established some of the earliest Spanish missions in California, has been under attack of late. On June 19, 2020, activists pulled-down a Serra statue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The following day,...
Will Evangelicals Rally Around Trump in 2020?
The Washington Post has published a long-form piece by writer Elizabeth Bruenig on Trump and evangelicals. Her work is based on some shoe-leather reporting in Texas during Easter weekend, 2019. Bruenig talked to court evangelical Robert Jeffress, evangelicals at a small Baptist church,...
Thanks to Elizabeth Bruening for Reminding Buttigieg Fans that the Religious Left is Not New
Some of you may recall my recent post, “Pete Buttieig: What is All the Fuss About?” Here is a taste: [Buttigieg] seems to be following some pretty well-established progressive/liberal/Democratic Christian political candidates, including George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart, Jesse...