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February 2015

February 07, 2015

The Tragic Sense of Historical Illiteracy

What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts...

January 2015

January 14, 2015

Latino/a Rehab Ministry embroiled in controversy

Did some digging about the controversial decision made by New Hope Ministries of Lakewood, Colorado...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

The Obsession with What Latinos Will Do This Election

This semester is brutal, but not so brutal, that I will be posting much more...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

Re-Thinking Sister Aimee Pt 2

A drive past Angelus Temple today is testament to the contemporary Foursquare denomination’s ties to...

September 08, 2014

Re-Thinking Sister Aimee McPherson

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Founder, Aimee Semple McPherson died on September 27,...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

Re-Scripting Pentecostal Saints: Curious Life of Mother Rosa Horn

This is one in another of my summer series on Pentecostal women, I am off...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

The (Un) Equally Yoked Marriage/Divorce of Rev. Maria W. Atkinson

Another installment of my look at Pentecostal women looks at a Church of God missionary...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

The Confessions of Joyce Meyer

The Confessions of Joyce Meyer So in order to finish this long awaited book, I...

May 09, 2014

Nothing New Under The (Pew) Sun

A Few (Not So New) Things About the Pew Study: (and its a good study...

May 05, 2014

Happy No. 5 Patheos

In the midst of grading, writing & prepping for more summer teaching, a quick saludos...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Sanctifying Music, Sex & Death: Remembering Marvin Gaye

April 2 1984, if I remember correctly, was a cool, crisp Spring morning. waiting for...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Hunting For Heresy at Regent University…& Hobby Lobby & World Vision (Pt 3)

About a month ago I gave a plenary address at Regent. The conference was well...

March 19, 2014

Hunting Heresy at Regent University–Part II (Dress Codes)

When I finished my presentation on Dress Codes and Pentecostal Purity Culture in a class at...

March 13, 2014

Hunting Heresy at Regent University

A few weeks ago, I attended the Renewal Across Americas conference at Regent University. I...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Snake-Handling, Vaccines & Science Denial

Yes, so social media was aglow and more than a little snarky and even downright...

January 2014

January 13, 2014

The Death of the Religious Right?

Back after a long holiday break.... Beginning a several-part series on why all of the...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving! (Culture War) Is Over If You Want It

Every major holiday I make a special plea--hoping to convince a few fellow travelers who...

November 13, 2013

35 And Counting – Latino/ Pentecostalism’s Stunning Silence on Gun Violence

Daniel Diaz, a 33 year-old youth pastor was killed a few days ago. Here is...

October 2013

October 19, 2013

Really who cares what John MacArthur thinks?

I don't normally enter white evangelical world dust-ups, there are really too many, and they...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Pope Francis–Is Sick and Tired of the Culture War Too

This is the time when with the start of a new semester, my blogging often...

September 06, 2013

Outliers: Interviews w/ Progressive Pentecostals

First in a series...with Pentecostals skewing the norm--and disturbing the universe An interview with my...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

End of the Summer Musings

Been doing lots of posts on culture and music—because sometimes you just have to unplug...

August 16, 2013

Remembering Elvis…and the Pentecostal War on Rock n Roll

This is the anniversary of The King's death. I've been to Graceland, and I must...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Journeys Through Pentecostal Subcultures: Sacred Steel pt 1

Today we're continuing to look at Pentecostal music on our summer journey. This tradition is...

July 18, 2013

Journeys into the Pentecostal Subculture: Dress Codes Pt 2

Continuing our trip through the Pentecostal subculture--particularly, the Oneness/Apostolic branches, many of whom still require...

July 05, 2013

Journeys Through Pentecostal Subcultures: Hairstyles

We're on vacation next week, this week, a brief curated view of the Pentecostal subculture...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

(Culture War) is Over-If You Want it…Please

We interrupt our trip through the Pentecostal subcultures for this post about today's Supreme Court...

June 20, 2013

The Curious Life and Death (?) of William Branham

One of the reasons Pentecostalism is both academically fascinating and personally invigorating is because of...

June 10, 2013

A.A. Allen: “God’s Man of Faith and Power”

One of the many obsessive habits that befall academics who live with their subjects too...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Mark Driscoll, Will You Marry Me? Or Looking For Mr(s) Right at Christian (W)Life College

Given last week’s heavy and well-received post on Rios Montt and Guatemala and given that...