What is happening in Evangelical Land? If you want to get up to speed on the Asbury Revival, we are covering that here. This roundup focuses on the currently unrevived world of evangelicalism. Women Talking There are more evangelicals than […]
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Every revival has its Old Lights and skeptics
If you’ve been following my ongoing curation of the Asbury University revival going on right now, you will see that there are a lot of skeptics. Anyone who knows something about the history of revivalism in the United States is […]
Evangelical roundup for February 12, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Revival continues to rage at Asbury University. We are covering that separately. Get up to speed with our regular updates here. So here is your non-Wilmore, Kentucky roundup: White evangelicals are most likely to […]
Is the Jesus of “He Gets Us” present in conservative evangelicalism?
Many are criticizing the “He Gets Us” Super Bowl ads that will appear during tonight’s Super Bowl because they are funded by the deep pockets of Hobby Lobby and use Jesus as a “brand.” But Liz Featherstone, writing at the […]
Special evangelical roundup: Asbury University revival edition
NOTE: I’ve decided to move the updates to this original post to separate posts. You can read them all here. What is happening in Evangelical land? Revival has hit Asbury University again. Get up to speed here. What are people […]
Revival comes, again, to Asbury University
Something is happening at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky and it has some striking similarities to 1970: Here is Alexandra Presta at The Asbury Collegian: I have been in Hughes Auditorium for almost twelve hours now without an intent to […]
How are evangelicals responding to the John MacArthur spiritual abuse accusations?
In case you missed the news, Christianity Today is reporting on a pattern of spiritual abuse on John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church in Los Angeles. Here is Kate Shellnut: Last year, Hohn Cho concluded Grace Community Church had made a […]
Evangelical roundup for February 9, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? The Kings College is having financial troubles. The Anglican Church is divided over LGBTQ blessings. Paul Putz on the “HeGetsUs” campaign. Most evangelicals want to pass their beliefs along to their kids. Yes: 10% […]
What is going on at The Kings College?
The Kings College is in serious financial trouble. Back in 2008,, when I was blogging at Paul Harvey’s Religion in American History, I wrote a piece on what I called “Manhattan Evangelicalism.” The Kings College featured prominently in that post. […]
Evangelical roundup for February 6, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Pentecostalism A 77-year-old woman is baptized. Bob Smietana on the “He Gets Us” campaign. Wheaton College is doing kingdom work: More on Wheaton: Marvin Olasky on Christian journalism. Russell Moore on police brutality. The […]
Evangelical roundup for January 30, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Walter Kim and Kristin Kobes Du Mez discuss Jesus and John Wayne. Portuguese evangelicals and euthanasia. An evangelical who wants to do something about climate change. Christianity Today is hiring a political reporter. The […]
Episode 51: “The Politics of Tinky Winky”
As animated programs for kids and adults become more inclusive, conservative evangelicals fight back. Episode 51: “’The Politics of Tinky Winky;’’ dropped today. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. Here is […]
Evangelical roundup for January 26, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals in Cambodia celebrate 100 years. More on an evangelical church in Boston engaging Black theology. Evangelical and other Protestant views on abortion. LeCrae on YouTube comments: And he is doing free shows in […]
Can pro-lifers on abortion and Democratic Socialists work together in Brazil?
Check out this very interesting piece at Jacobin by historian Travis Knoll: In short, [Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva] respects religion without instrumentalizing or being instrumentalized by it. Such alliances have come with serious challenges, especially on sexual […]
Evangelical roundup for January 23, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? More on the contractual relationship between Trump and evangelicals. And here. Evangelical support for Trump in South Carolina is “softening.” A Boston evangelical church is facilitating conversations on Black theology and evangelicalism. Evangelicals resettlement […]
Evangelical roundup for January 19, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Franklin Graham: Leave Amy Grant alone! Young evangelicals and 2024. 51% of white American evangelicals believe that “immigrants are invading the United States.” Jim Wallis and Robert Jones on Christian nationalism: Evangelicals and the […]
The Author’s Corner with John Rogers Haddad
John Rogers Haddad is Professor of American Studies at Penn State–Harrisburg. This interview is based on his new book, Cultures Colliding: American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in China (Temple University Press, 2023). JF: What led […]
Evangelical roundup for January 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Christianity Today‘s Mike Cosper talks to Bono. A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit brought by Christian college students claiming that religious exemptions were incompatible with LGBTQ rights. Southern Baptists on Dreamers. A Southern Baptist […]
Evangelical roundup for January 12, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Jack Hayford, RIP. Do young evangelicals listen to their pastors? Catholics and evangelicals together? Evangelicals in France oppose euthanasia. Eric Metaxas makes Roger Stone’s “best-dressed” list: Who will evangelicals vote for in the 2024 […]
Evangelical roundup for January 9, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelical publishing in Romania. Evangelism on CNN. Evangelicals prefer praying over Bible reading. The highest paid ministry executives include J.C. Watts, Hal Lindsey, Matthew Crouch, Franklin Graham, Charles Stanley, Gordon Robertson, Kelly Shackelford, Michael […]