Saddleback:The End of Black Prophetic Politics
Does Obama’s coded evangelical language signal a shift from black prophetic politics to the evangelical politics of personal salvation?
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RDBook: Selling the Good News
Who put the mega in megachurch? Two new books, one on star evangelicals and one that focuses on African-American televangelists, tell the story—and explain the remarkable influence of celebrity preachers in the religious marketplace.
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UPDATED: Warren is… Heterogeneous on Gay Marriage; In Hot Water for Equivocation
Last week on Larry King, “America’s Pastor” downplayed his opposition to gay marriage. That was not always the case.
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Is Rick Warren a Fascist?
It’s easy to demonize Rick Warren for his Nazi modeling comments—and he has taken some abominable stances—but the culture of blind assent is the real culprit.
Read MoreRick Warren and The (Necessary) Narcissism of Faith
Warren’s prayer began with all of us, narrowed itself to the Judeo-Christian monotheist, then more narrowly still on the Christian, then more narrowly still on that faith as experienced by Rick Warren himself. A stunning rhetorical achievement.
Read MoreInauguration Captures US Patchwork
The door is not just open to Muslim Americans; we are not sitting in the living room; there is a room for us in the house now.
Read MoreWarren Continues “Aggressively Christian” Tradition
While calling for all Americans to unite and work together, Warren used his “aggressively Christian” prayer to perpetuate and deepen the religious divide in our country.
Read MoreEqual Opportunity Apocalypse or: Our Psycho-Sexual Brouhaha
What can the strange juxtaposition of Warren and Robinson teach us about the current state of the religion-and-culture wars?
Read MoreInauguration: An Evangelical And A Gay Bishop—What’s Missing?
As the Obama team rounds up unlikely bedfellows for the inaugural ceremonies it seems to have forgotten something: we are not all Christian.
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Left, Behind on Obama’s Warren Strategy
Expecting the not-yet-commander-in-chief to attend to each of my parochial concerns is a little, well, precious.
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