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Is Wellesley College still a women’s college?

John Fea   |  March 15, 2023

In his 2017 book Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference, Washington University Law Professor John Inazu writes: Wellesley College, an all-women’s school, now confronts internal challenges around its growing transgender student population.  Even though Wellesley admits only women,...

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“A mordant political culture in which power transforms a person into a celebrity”

John Fea   |  December 1, 2022

My feeds are filled with MasterClass ads. For $180 a year I can learn cooking from Gordon Ramsey, science from Bill Nye, writing from James Patterson, comedy from Steve Martin, personal branding from Kris Jenner, acting from Samuel L. Jackson,...

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Donald Trump in 2016 on “classified information”

John Fea   |  August 14, 2022

From The Washington Post:...

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National politicians respond to the Chauvin verdict. Do you see a pattern here?

John Fea   |  April 20, 2021

In case you still don’t know, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Here is how Twitter is responding: As of 8:43pm on Tuesday evening, April 20, 2021 the following national politicians...

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When Barack Obama came to Messiah College

John Fea   |  March 28, 2021

Obama and his Democratic primary challenger Hillary Clinton came to Messiah College (now Messiah University) in 2008 for The Compassion Forum, an event sponsored by CNN, Faith in Public Life, and Messiah. The forum took place about a week before...

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Hillary Clinton is right about young people and Christianity

John Fea   |  October 11, 2020

Hillary Clinton recently started a podcast. Rev. William Barber was her first guest. During the course of the conversation she said something that I am afraid is very true: HRC: How do you see now what the church should be...

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What are the court evangelicals saying about day 3 of the DNC convention?

John Fea   |  August 20, 2020

Last night we heard from Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Barack Obama, and Kamala Harris. So what are the court evangelicals saying? Johnnie Moore, the man who describes himself as a “modern-day Dietrich Bonhoeffer“: “I tell you this so that no...

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The Complicit Court Evangelicals

John Fea   |  July 15, 2020

I just finished “Collaborators,” Anne Applebaum‘s brilliant essay in the July/August 2020 issue of The Atlantic. It is subtitled: “What causes people to abandon their principles in support of a corrupt regime? And how do they find their way back?” Applebaum...

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What Should We Make of Ralph Reed’s “Christian Case” for Trump?

John Fea   |  May 8, 2020

GOP political operative Ralph Reed recently appeared on the Eric Metaxas Show. Watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cPB72BA9s0&w=560&h=315] Thoughts: 2:45ff:  The interview begins with a discussion of the quarantine. Reed seems to be making a case that coronavirus deaths and the shut-down of...

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Trump Seems Incapable of Leading

John Fea   |  March 15, 2020

Earlier today a Facebook friend wrote on my wall: I do appreciate your academic research and study on Politics and History, but I would strongly encourage you to not use this time for divisive discussion and rhetoric! It should be...

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How the Democratic Presidential Candidates Can Win Evangelical Votes

John Fea   |  January 22, 2020

Here is a taste of Elana Schor’s Associated Press piece “Democrats’ challenge: Courting evangelicals in the Trump era“:   President Donald Trump’s strong white evangelical support poses a challenge to Democrats: how to connect with a group of Christian voters...

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Christianity Today’s Former Editor Mark Galli Debates Court Evangelical Richard Land on Boston Public Radio

John Fea   |  January 7, 2020

The conversation occurred on WBUR-Boston.  Listen here. Some of you may recall that Richard Land was behind the editorial that led to the resignation of its political editor Napp Nazworth. A few takeaways: Galli says he had been planning the...

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Last Night’s Court Evangelical Tweetstorm

John Fea   |  May 30, 2019

For those who missed it (the link in the first tweet is now correct): 1/More #courtevangelicalism w/ Tim Wildmon & Richard Land on the Todd Starnes Show. Wildmon is head of the American Family Association– a long time Xtian Right...

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Did Men Invent “Likability?”

John Fea   |  May 11, 2019

Check out historian Claire Potter‘s piece at The New York Times: “Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits.”  She reflects on the origins of the idea of “likability”  advertising culture and, eventually presidential politics. As Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and...

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Joe Biden and the Catholic and Evangelical Vote

John Fea   |  May 9, 2019

How will Catholics respond to Joe Biden in 2020?  John Gehrig, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life, has some thoughts.  Here is a taste of his piece at Religion News Service: Data from the 2018 midterm election analyzed...

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All He Had to Do Was “Simply Look at the Program and Read”

John Fea   |  December 5, 2018

This is your “Christian” evangelical president. pic.twitter.com/u0478FoSyR — Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 5, 2018 Context When the Barack, Michelle, Bill, Hillary, Jimmy, and Rosalyn started reciting it, perhaps he thought the Apostles Creed was some kind of loyalty oath for...

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Remembering John McCain

John Fea   |  August 25, 2018

Here are some things I remember about John McCain (1936-2018). The “Straight Talk Express” was a breath of fresh-air in 2000.  McCain was strongly critical of the Christian Right approach to politics.  He blasted George W. Bush for visiting Bob Jones University...

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Hillary Clinton Failed to Reach Out to Evangelicals

John Fea   |  June 29, 2018

See my November 7, 2016 piece, “Here’s what Hillary Clinton has to do to win over Evangelicals.”  Here it is: What would it take for the majority of white evangelical Christians to vote for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday or, should...

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Who Do Evangelicals Trust on Politics?

John Fea   |  March 20, 2018

A recent poll has found that almost fifty percent of evangelicals say a Donald Trump recommendation would make them more likely to vote for a candidate.  Meanwhile, fifty-four percent of evangelicals said a Hillary Clinton endorsement would make them less...

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Throckmorton on Metaxas

John Fea   |  February 24, 2018

Warren Throckmorton has weighed-in on Jon Ward’s piece on Eric Metaxas at Yahoo News.  Here is a taste: More contradiction comes via Metaxas’ opinion of Hillary Clinton. On one hand, he wrote to Ward: Christians who think the Church in...

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