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2013-05-24T10:36:23-06:00

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Drones, Mr. Niebuhr, and President Obama

Last updated on: May 24, 2013 at 10:36 am By Dr. James Wellman

A friend of mine recently advised me that only 11 percent of Stanford University undergraduates are now majoring in the Humanities. We both suggested this is a great loss. Of course, we both teach in the humanities, I in American Religion, and she in Medieval Christianity. We are both constantly flummoxed by the emphasis at our schools—a public university in my case and a liberal arts college in hers—on the importance of STEM: science, technology, engineering and math. Well, yes,... Read more

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2013-05-20T11:50:49-06:00

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Monsters and the End of Evangelicalism, Part 2

Last updated on: May 20, 2013 at 11:50 am By Dr. James Wellman

In my 2008 study of Evangelicals vs. Liberals: The Clash of Christian Cultures in the Pacific Northwest, I mapped what I thought was a strong and even permanent Evangelical Civic Gospel. This Civic Gospel had six interlocking strands that I developed from my research, reading and thinking about American evangelicalism: 1) Conversion to Christ will address and resolve all social problems; 2) the U.S. Government should be in the business of protecting the American religious (Christian) heritage; 3) the United... Read more

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The End of Evangelicalism

2013-05-10T14:31:06-06:00

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Mapping the End of Evangelicalism: Part 1

Last updated on: May 10, 2013 at 2:31 pm By Dr. James Wellman

I have to say it’s been a surprise to hear so consistently about the end of American evangelicalism. My own experience with the tradition goes back a long ways to my marginal participation in Young Life (mostly because of friends and girls) and then on and off in various groups in college. But the break was solidified the night I attended a Josh McDowell revival at my university; midway through I walked out. I couldn’t take the idea that anyone... Read more

2013-05-03T14:21:40-06:00

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I Am Looking Forward to Exploring Questions in American Religion with You

Last updated on: May 3, 2013 at 2:21 pm By Dr. James Wellman

Thank you for visiting my new Patheos blog on American Religion. I will be posting my first entry here soon! Read more

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