The Origin Story of the Evangelical Mindset: A Conversation with Frances FitzGerald
For anyone who thought they could safely ignore the role of white evangelicals in American…
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Rising to Heaven in a Secular Rapture: Trump’s Golden Promises
An interview with sociologist Arlie Hochschild on her years in Tea Party territory.
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Before Breitbart: How Right Wing Media Transformed American Politics
It didn’t all start with Glenn Beck.
Read MoreThe Moral Case for Trump?
In recent weeks, as the reality of Donald Trump’s nomination has continued to settle, op-eds…
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The “Southern Cage”: How the Myth of the Redemptive Depression Keeps Blacks at the Margins
An interview with Alison Collis Greene, author of No Depression in Heaven: the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Transformation of Religion in the Delta
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Why “Family Values” Defined Conservative Christianity (and Why “Religious Liberty” Has Replaced it)
From about 1970 until about 2000, American politics was largely driven by concern about the…
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Workers Once Forced the Social Gospel Into Churches—Can It Happen Again?
Churchly opposition to the early labor movement is a relatively familiar tale, but a new book tells a different story.
Read MoreOn the “Shunning” of Marriage Equality Opponent Ryan T. Anderson: A Reply to Damon Linker
Writing on his blog at The Week, Damon Linker objects to the treatment of same-sex marriage…
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Is Accreditation of Religious Institutions a “Farce”?
Dayspring Bible College and Seminary in suburban Chicago has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois…
Read MoreForgive and Forget After Bob Jones’ “Stone the Gays” Apology?
At Religion News Service, Kevin Eckstrom reports on a rather unexpected, much belated apology. In…
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