Evangelical Groundhog Day: The ‘Times’ Identifies the ‘Religious Fervor in the American Right’ — Around Four Decades Late
In autumn 1980, I was a senior at a Christian college in California taking a…
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The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
The Religious Right’s most cherished and durable myth is its myth of origins. According to…
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The Roots of White Evangelicalism’s Crisis Are in White Evangelical Churches, Not Republican Politics
In recent months, the Southern Baptist Convention has faced a steady stream of high-profile defections,…
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The Tense History Behind Jimmy Carter’s Liberty U. Commencement Address
Last year Donald Trump delivered the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Jerry…
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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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The Divide Between “Trumpvangelicals” and the Rest of Us
In September of last year, I weighed in on the debate over whether evangelicals really…
Read MoreThe Religious Right: Still Not Dead
Super Tuesday and the success of Donald Trump among evangelicals have caused otherwise sensible observers to…
Read MoreWhy Pope Francis Makes Me Miss Jerry Falwell
Form is fine but should we just forget substance?
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The Not-So-Lofty Origins of the Evangelical Pro-Life Movement
As the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade passed, evangelical leaders marked the occasion with histories of how their community took up the anti-abortion cause.
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Forget Debates and Dialogue about LGBT Justice, the Religious Right isn’t Listening
For those still in denominations like the United Methodists that are not accepting of LGBT people, go to your church and put a note in the offering plate that says you won’t give until things change. Every time we’ve tried that, the pastors have called people in immediately to talk to them and it opened up a dialogue in that church that was serious because they could see that that could spread among other people who are pro-gay. One thing you can do is withhold your money. Why are we supporting our own oppression?
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