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November 2017

November 26, 2017

This is not normal, Day 310

I'm a little late to the "This is not normal" genre of alarmist anti-Trump screams...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

Sam Brownback, soon-to-be ambassador

I thank the president for nominating a serious person — not a given for political...

August 2017

August 07, 2017

Evangelicals and the Trump train

Are they driving it? Will they be rolled over by it? Or are they just...

April 2017

April 10, 2017

Episcopal layman Neil Gorsuch

Gorsuch may represent a new mold of legal conservative who understands that the marriage fight...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Trump’s new low of shamelessness and depravity

I could stomach this if Trump was the least bit contrite. But his brazen defiance...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Trump’s anti-Semitism comments are too little, too late. Weak!

Trump's comments paled in comparison to President Bush's empathetic, bold condemnation of threats and violence...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

His business background should help Trump, but it won’t

Seasoned executives may possess vital skills for presidential success that career politicians often lack. But...

January 18, 2017

Of course the National Cathedral should participate in Trump’s inauguration

Critics rightly point out that Trump is obnoxious and unchristian. But the Washington National Cathedral...

January 17, 2017

Six faith leaders to read scripture, pray at Trump’s inauguration

Faith leaders, including some Trump critics, will pray at the inauguration: Samuel Rodriguez, Timothy Dolan,...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Trump-supporting vandals desecrate churches with homophobic, racist slurs

Every American should condemn and deplore desecration of our people's sacred spaces.

November 09, 2016

Letter to President-Elect Donald Trump

You chose a nasty path to get to where you are today. Because it worked...

November 07, 2016

The message ‘Never Trump’ evangelicals are (not) sending the GOP

"We’ll back in two years. And every two years thereafter.”

November 06, 2016

Trump promises to boost church attendance. Can he make Sunday school great again?

This is one of the most idiotic, incoherent ramblings I saw from Trump during the...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

A snapshot of the religion vote

If you want to explain vote choice, you are largely telling a story about demographic...

October 26, 2016

Consider this: Only 45% of U.S. evangelicals actually support Trump

What if we identified evangelicals by whether or not survey respondents affirm core evangelical beliefs?

October 19, 2016

The religious right isn’t dead. But it is changing

Most atheists, church/state separation advocates, and conservative Christians themselves think evangelical Republicanism will be alive...

October 17, 2016

A note on ‘confessional’ evangelicals in the 2016 election

People who are rooted in robust theological traditions are less susceptible to Trumpism than are...

October 14, 2016

#NeverTrump evangelicals: 2016’s game changers?

By repudiating Trump, evangelicals can do the right thing and improve the integrity of their...

October 12, 2016

Why #NeverTrump evangelicals may not matter much in 2016

Never-Trump evangelicals could be politically consequential. But people who are excited by this development tend...

October 11, 2016

Protestant confessionalism and Trump’s evangelical support

People whose faith lives are animated by active beliefs in robust theological ideas will accede...

October 09, 2016

Religious right to Trump: Grab us by the p***y

Their only shred of relevance is their place in journalists' Rolodexes. Reporters should just stop...

October 05, 2016

Transcript of the #VPDebate’s ‘faith question’

There's a lot to unpack here. But before you take anyone else's word for it,...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

First presidential debate mostly neglects faith and religion

But don't despair. We still have two more debates to endure.

September 22, 2016

Trump’s new conservative Catholic advisory council

The Trump campaign, beset by an flurry of articles and commentaries suggesting the New York...

September 19, 2016

Millennials stand with Clinton over Trump

But they're not as strongly pro-choice as you probably think.

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Jerry Falwell, Jr. needs an intervention

I don't know of a single Liberty professor who has publicly stated that Falwell's ill-considered...

August 30, 2016

More weird stuff about Jerry Falwell, Jr’s pro-Trump advocacy

We should all be clear on one thing: Jerry Falwell is not a faith leader.

August 23, 2016

Trump’s stunning admission about his evangelical support

I still can't believe he said this.

August 19, 2016

Trump campaign hires religious outreach director

Can Pam Pryor turn out enough white Christians to make Trump victorious in November?

August 17, 2016

Are Trump and Clinton equally flawed?

Along with many others, one storyline I've been following is the question of whether people...

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