What is happening in Evangelical land? French evangelicals fight for the human dignity of children. Evangelical boomers and the legacy they have left behind. Florida’s Latino Evangelicals and politicized Christianity. The National Association of Evangelicals president on how to fix […]
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Evangelical roundup for January 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? HAPPY NEW YEAR! An evangelical pastor writes about his congregation’s views on immigration. Global evangelicals meet to discuss theological education. A leading Swiss evangelical on religion and politics. Tony Campolo at 87: What is […]
Evangelical roundup for December 29, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Argentinian evangelicals meet with their nation’s president. Two Florida Christian college presidents on the “Dreamers”. Evangelical organizations endorse the bipartisan Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act. Jim Wallis offers an alternative Trump trading card: Lecrae’s […]
Evangelical roundup for December 26, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Russell Moore talks with Nicholas Kristoff about the meaning of Christmas. Tim Alberta talks to The Bulwark about evangelical political activity. An evangelical congregation in Canada is still dealing with a 2019 fire.. Texas […]
Evangelical roundup for December 22, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land (our last roundup of the year!) Will conservative evangelicals stick with Trump in 2024? Eurasian evangelicals and Christmas. Evangelicals are fans of a Jesuit prayer app. Shirley Hoogstra, the president of the Council for […]
Evangelical roundup for December 19, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? The Church of England Evangelical Council gives thanks. More on the National Association of Evangelicals support for an expanded child tax credit. Jim Walls on it here. Roger Olson on fundamentalism. Evangelical Christianity is […]
Evangelical roundup for December 15, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Evangelicals and celebrity. Megan Lively, the woman who called out Southern Baptist sexual abuse. The evangelical megachurch pastor who attended the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act. The National Association of Evangelicals on […]
Christianity Today announces its 2023 book awards
Here you go: Book of the Year: Uche Anizor, Overcoming Apathy: Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care Apologetics and Evangelism: Glen Scrivener, The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality […]
Evangelical roundup for December 12, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Rob Schenck: The Christian Right “made a deal with the devil”. 63% of evangelicals believe the world is ending, but not because of global warming. Evangelicals, led by Rick Warren, gather to strategize about […]
Evangelical roundup for December 8, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Young evangelicals are more concerned than their parents about climate change. More on Amy Grant: Kennedy Center honoree. Jesus Creed blog announces its books of the year. Jim Wallis on the Child Tax Credit: […]
Evangelical roundup for December 5, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Prestonwood Baptist Church in the Dallas-area faces criticism for its Christmas show. Communion at megachurches. Jim Wallis on poverty: And this: Celtics interim head coach Joe Mazzulla: Megachurch pastor Matt Chandler is back. Tim […]
Evangelical Roundup for December 1, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Are evangelicals turning on Trump? Evangelical giving is up. An evangelical “power ranger” has died. Three Southern California evangelical schools are uniting to bring theological education to Hispanic students. Shane call us out: Tim […]
Jay Green on Christian political discourse and the liberal tradition
I hope you get a chance to read historian Jay Green’s piece today at Current. Green writes: “I don’t think there has been a time in my life when the need to secure and reenergize the liberal tradition has been […]
Evangelical roundup for November 28, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Will the Christian Right approach to abortion rights hurt the pro-life movement in the future? The National Association of Evangelicals on climate change. Has David French left “orthodox Protestantism”? Does the Museum of the […]
More from the “Evangelical Fearmongering 101” syllabus
When Thomas Jefferson was running for president in 1800, Federalist evangelicals claimed that if the Virginian won the election he and his henchman would try to close their churches and confiscate Bibles from their homes. When Irish Catholics started arriving […]
What if the Christian Right is wrong?
Certainty is a hallmark of the Christian Right and fundamentalist thinking more broadly. There is little place for the mystery of God or words like “maybe” or “perhaps.” I am reminded of N.T. Wright’s words about such dogged commitments to […]
Evangelical roundup for November 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Mike Huckabee is fired-up about global poverty CBS: American evangelicals and the antiabortion movement in Israel. Evangelicals respond to the possible end of Twitter. Did Trump “use” evangelicals? Election denier David Brody is starting […]
Evangelical roundup for November 17, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Evangelicals and creation care in the Middle East. A Christian college chancellor tells young evangelicals not to be “sucked into” anti-Jewish hate. Matthew Avery Sutton reviews the Hulu Jerry Falwell Jr. documentary. The National […]
Evangelical roundup for November 14, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Evangelicals and Ron DeSantis Evangelicalism in Brazil. And evangelicals for Lula. Brazil and Texas Gen Z evangelicals vote. The “other” evangelicals. Evangelicals are a foreign policy force. An encouraging message from the National Association […]
Mean evangelicals
Here is Kelsey Dallas at Deseret News: As a prominent religion scholar and practicing Christian, Richard Mouw is often asked to explain people of faith’s behavior in the public square. More specifically, he is asked why his fellow evangelicals seem […]