evangelicals

The Author’s Corner with Wendy Raphael Roberts

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Wendy Roberts is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Albany, SUNY. This interview is based on her new book, Awakening Verse: The Poetics of Early American Evangelicalism (Oxford University Press, 2020). JF: What led you to write Awakening Verse? WR: When...

Nostalgia for a past that never existed

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In Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump I wrote: It is easy for white evangelicals to look back fondly on American history. There is, of course, a lot to celebrate. We are a nation founded on the belief that...

When Evangelicals open churches early

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Evangelicals like to think of themselves as people of faith. Faith is often irrational, but there is a fine line between faith and stupidity. As the title character of John Irving’s novel A Prayer for Owen Meany reminds us, “I...

When progressive evangelicals held the national stage

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Over at Sojourners, American religious historian Randall Balmer traces the history of progressive evangelicalism in the 1970s. Here is a taste of “Before the Religious Right, Progressive Evangelicals Gained the National Spotlight“: Richard Nixon’s promise of a “secret plan” to...

Are white evangelicals turning to Biden?

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Some solid reporting from Gabby Orr at Politico: It was June 10, 2008. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama had gathered with dozens of evangelical leaders — many of them fixtures of the religious right — at the urging of campaign...

Evangelicals Hit the Streets for Justice

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Christians, including white evangelical Christians, led many of today’s anti-racism protest marches. Here is The Washington Post: Hundreds of evangelical Christians sang, prayed and banged tambourines Sunday afternoon as they crossed the Anacostia River, headed downtown from Southeast Washington. The group,...

Mitt Romney Marches With Evangelicals

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Here is The Washington Post: “Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined a group of hundreds of evangelicals marching Sunday as the tenth day of demonstrations took on themes of faith and prayer.” Senator @MittRomney marched with a group of nearly 1,000 Christians...

Song of the Day: “What is Truth?”

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John 18:37-38.  Many young evangelicals are still asking this question about our current political and cultural climate: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0KQWTBljjg&w=560&h=315]  ...

Interpreting Evangelicals Who Go To Church During This Pandemic

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Here is religion scholar Robert Orsi at Notre Dame’s “Contending Modernities” blog: The woman leans confidently out of her car window, her right hand at high noon on the steering wheel. “I wouldn’t be anywhere else,” she tells the reporter for CNN,...