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Mark Noll

“America’s commitment to independence shaped how Americans utilized the Bible from the very beginning.”

John Fea   |  July 18, 2023

When you hear presidential candidates like Tim Scott and Mike Pence quote the Bible on the campaign trail for the purposes of advancing their political agendas, please realize that this is not a new thing. Here is a taste of...

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Evangelicals gather to “reconstruct” evangelicalism

John Fea   |  October 26, 2022

The speakers include Elizabeth Conde-Fraizer, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Carl Ellis Jr., Walter Kim, Russell Moore, Gavin Ortlund, Karen Swallow Prior, Love Sechrest, Mark Noll, Jay Augustine, Vince Bacote, Gayle Doornbos, Benjamin Espinoza, Malcolm Foley, Ernest Gray, Emily Hunter McGowin,...

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“What is the State of the Evangelical Mind on Christian College Campuses?”

John Fea   |  October 22, 2022

In September 2017, the founders of Current (Jay Green, Eric Miller, and yours truly) participated in a conference in Indianapolis on the “State of the Evangelical Mind.” (This was 3-4 years before we launched Current). We spoke at a session devoted to the legacy of...

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“On the Evangelical Mind and Consulting the Faithful”

John Fea   |  October 21, 2022

In September 2017, the founders of Current (Jay Green, Eric Miller, and yours truly) participated in a conference in Indianapolis on the “State of the Evangelical Mind.” (This was 3-4 years before we launched Current). We spoke at a session...

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“Anti-Intellectualism and the Integration of Faith and Learning”

John Fea   |  October 20, 2022

In September 2017, the founders of Current (Jay Green, Eric Miller, and yours truly) participated in a conference in Indianapolis on the “State of the Evangelical Mind.” (This was 3-4 years before we launched Current). We spoke at a session...

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Catholic historian Christopher Shannon discusses Catholic and Evangelical historiography

John Fea   |  September 9, 2022

If you have been reading Current this week you may have noticed that we featured an interview with historian Christopher Shannon and a review of his new book American Pilgrimage: A Historical Journey Through Catholic Life in a New World....

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Are evangelical scholars prospering from “the scandal of the evangelical mind”?

John Fea   |  June 10, 2022

Some of you on Twitter may know Darryl Hart as the historian who regularly trolls this blog under the handle “Old Life.” In a piece published yesterday at The Wall Street Journal, Hart wonders if evangelical historians are trying to...

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Wheaton College celebrates Mark Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

John Fea   |  March 17, 2022

More Christian colleges need to have conversations like this. This event celebrates the new edition of the book....

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Eric Metaxas chides Tim Keller for reading too much (and other evidence of the scandal of the evangelical mind)

John Fea   |  March 17, 2022

If you want to see Mark Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind at work, watch Eric Metaxas’s interview with Lucas Miles at the annual meeting of the National Religious Broadcasters. Lucas is the author of a book titled The Christian...

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Is evangelical Christianity a religious movement, or is it something else?

John Fea   |  July 17, 2021

I first read historian Paul E. Johnson’s 1978 book A Shopkeeper’s Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837 in 1989 while I was studying church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Johnson argued that evangelical religion in Rochester,...

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Mark Noll and Vince Bacote on Christian nationalism

John Fea   |  June 25, 2021

A good conversation sponsored by The Trinity Forum. Some comments: I love Mark Noll’s workspace. Do I see an exercise bike? I love that Vince has a copy of Carl F.H. Henry’s autobiography Confessions of a Theologian on his bookshelf....

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Evangelical pastor, author, and theologian Timothy Keller published a tweet on critical race theory. Look what happened:

John Fea   |  February 22, 2021

On Friday, Tim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, wrote a post about critical race theory: Critical race theory is not the Gospel, but it can certainly help Christians understand our current moment. It has been useful...

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