Category Archives: Culture War

Religion in Public – A Conversation with Melissa Rogers

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Eric

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 →

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Family Matters – A Conversation with Hilde Løvdal Stephens

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Eric

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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Gospel of Denial – A Conversation with Robin Globus Veldman

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Eric

Robin Globus Veldman is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Texas A&M University. In her new book, The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change, Veldman provides a rigorous inquiry into evangelical climate skepticism, tracing … Continue reading →

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The Evangelical Identity – A Conversation with Thomas S. Kidd

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Eric

Thomas S. Kidd is the Vardaman Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University. In his new book, Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis, Kidd challenges the popular association between evangelicals and the Republican Party, tracing … Continue reading →

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Lear on the Left – A Conversation with L. Benjamin Rolsky

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Eric

L. Benjamin Rolsky is Adjunct Instructor in the History and Anthropology Department at Monmouth University and part-time lecturer in the Religion Department at Rutgers University. His The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in … Continue reading →

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Beating Guns – A Conversation with Shane Claiborne

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Eric

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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The Color of Compromise – A Conversation with Jemar Tisby

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Eric

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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Nixon Kids – A Conversation with Seth Blumenthal

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Eric

Seth Blumenthal is Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. In his new book, Children of the Silent Majority: Young Voters and the Rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980, Blumenthal considers the conservative youth of … Continue reading →

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The Evangelical Crackup – A Conversation with Paul A. Djupe

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Eric

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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Back to the Bible – A Conversation with Rachel Held Evans

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Eric

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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On Religious Freedom – A Conversation with Heath Brown

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Eric

Though The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States is arguably not new, and quite arguably not political science, it was featured this week on the New Books in Political Science podcast. In this episode, host Heath Brown and … Continue reading →

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Believing Donald Trump – A Conversation with John Fea

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Eric

John Fea is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Messiah College. In his new book, Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, Fea draws upon four centuries of Christian history to diagnose the troubling persistence of … Continue reading →

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Fundamentalist U – A Conversation with Adam Laats

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Eric

Adam Laats is Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning & Educational Leadership at the State University of New York at Binghamton. In his new book, Fundamentalist U: Keeping the Faith in American Higher Education, Laats documents the challenges and … Continue reading →

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Christian Rock – A Conversation with Randall J. Stephens

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Eric

Randall J. Stephens is Reader and Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Northumbria University in northeast England. In his most recent book, The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ‘n’ Roll, Stephens documents the turbulent … Continue reading →

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Conservative Liberals – A Conversation with Andrew R. Lewis

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Eric

Andrew R. Lewis is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati. His book, The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics: How Abortion Transformed the Culture Wars, was published last fall by Cambridge University Press. In it, he … Continue reading →

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