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The Author’s Corner with Stuart McKee

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 7, 2023

Stuart McKee is Associate Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco. This interview is based on his new book, Indigenous Enlightenment: Printing and Education in Evangelical Colonialism, 1790-1850 (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to […]

My father didn’t need James Dobson to teach him how to be a patriarch. Focus on the Family had a different influence on him.

John Fea   |  March 13, 2023

I’ve made this point before, but I recently made it again on a WNYC (New York City’s National Public Radio station) podcast called “On the Divided Dial.” (It was repackaged and rereleased last week). I appreciate journalist Katie Thornton willingness […]

The new Billy Graham archive will open this month

John Fea   |  November 2, 2022

It looks like it will be a professional archive that will gather “the full documentary record” of Graham’s life and work. Here is Daniel Silliman at Christianity Today: When he watched Billy Graham preach, David Bruce couldn’t help but think […]

Episode 9: Howard Dean’s Bikepath Conversion

John Fea   |  June 15, 2021

The governor of Vermont gets religion Episode 9: “Howard Dean’s Bikepath Conversion” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: Listen to Episodes 0, 1, and 2 here. If you like […]

Episode 4: The Waning of Christian America

John Fea   |  May 11, 2021

Conservative evangelicals respond to a perfect storm capable of wiping out the Christian ideals that built their great nation. Episode 4: “The Waning of Christian America” (our fifth episode) dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above […]