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Jesus Wayne – A Conversation with Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Kristin Kobes Du Mez is Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. In her new book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, Du Mez documents about eighty years of white … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, John Wayne, Kristin Kobes Du Mez
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Religion in Public – A Conversation with Melissa Rogers
Melissa Rogers is Visiting Professor at the Wake Forest School of Divinity and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She served as President Obama’s executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships from 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Christianity, Culture War, Politics
Tagged Melissa Rogers
Defining Evangelical – A Conversation with Mark A. Noll
Mark A. Noll is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. The author or editor of over thirty books, Noll is legendary in the field. Alongside George M. Marsden and David W. Bebbington, he is co-editor of … Continue reading
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Tagged Evangelicalism, Mark A. Noll
Family Matters – A Conversation with Hilde Løvdal Stephens
Hilde Løvdal Stephens is Visiting Associate Professor of English at the University of Southeastern Norway. In her new book, Family Matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family’s Crusade for the Christian Home, Stephens traces the history and influence of … Continue reading
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Tagged Family Matters, Hilde Lovdal Stephens, James Dobson
Christian Diplomacy – A Conversation with Mark T. Edwards
Mark Thomas Edwards is Associate Professor of US History and Politics at Spring Arbor University, where he researches the intersection of religion, politics, and diplomacy in the United States. In his new book, Faith and Foreign Affairs in the American … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Diplomacy, Mark Thomas Edwards
Christian / Democrat – A Conversation with James D. Bratt
The late John F. Woolverton, an Episcopal priest, taught church history at Virginia Theological Seminary, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Texas. After his passing in 2014, his A Christian and a Democrat: A Religious Biography of … Continue reading
Beating Guns – A Conversation with Shane Claiborne
Shane Claiborne is the author of nine books; a co-founder of The Simple Way, a Christian collective in Philadelphia; and co-director of Red Letter Christians, a non-denominational progressive movement. His new book, Beating Guns: Hope for People Who are Weary … Continue reading
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Tagged Beating Guns, Shane Claiborne
The Color of Compromise – A Conversation with Jemar Tisby
Jemar Tisby is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at the University of Mississippi. In his new book, The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, Tisby surveys American history with an eye … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby, Race
The Evangelical Crackup – A Conversation with Paul A. Djupe
Paul A. Djupe is Associate Professor of Political Science at Denison University. He is the former editor of the journal Politics & Religion, and current editor of Religious Engagement in Democratic Politics, a new book series from Temple University Press. … Continue reading
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Tagged Evangelical Crackup, Paul Djupe
Christian Liberation – A Conversation with Lilian Calles Barger
Lilian Calles Barger is an independent historian, speaker, and podcast host. In her new book, The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, she traces the legacy of liberationism back to its initial rise in the latter … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Politics
Tagged A World Come of Age, Liberation Theology
The Trappist and the Rock Star, Sort Of
Robert Hudson is a recognized Bob Dylan scholar, a member of the International Thomas Merton Society, and a veteran editor. In his The Monk’s Record Player: Thomas Merton, Bob Dylan, and the Perilous Summer of 1966, he documents a series … Continue reading
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Tagged Dylan, Hudson, Merton
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anglican Orthodoxy
Christopher C. Brittain is Dean of Divinity and Margaret E. Fleck Chair in Anglican Studies at Trinity College, University of Toronto. Andrew McKinnon is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. In their book, The Anglican Communion at … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Communion
Disruptive Witness – A Conversation with Alan Noble
Alan Noble is Assistant Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University and editor-in-chief of Christ and Pop Culture. In his Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age, Noble argues that the constant stimulation of the social media era poses … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civility, Evangelism
Tagged Alan Noble, Disruptive Witness
Back to the Bible – A Conversation with Rachel Held Evans
Rachel Held Evans is a New York Times best-selling author of four books, each covering changes and developments in her Christian faith. Her most recent, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Finding the Bible Again, approaches the Bible as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Inspired, Rachel Held Evans
American Christian – A Conversation with Matthew Bowman
Matthew Bowman is Associate Professor of History at Henderson State University. In his new book, Christian: The Politics of a Word in America, he documents a few of the many forms that Christianity has assumed over the past 150 years. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Politics
Tagged America, Christian, Matthew Bowman
