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January 2018

January 15, 2018

‘Don’t you agree?’

The same question silently accompanies every racist, misogynist, or homophobic "joke," every disparaging generalization. It...

January 14, 2018

Smart people saying smart things (1.14)

Sarah Stillman on "When Deportation Is a Death Sentence;" Mukul Kesavan on murderous majoritarianism; Amy...

January 12, 2018

White evangelicalism vs. missionaries

The missionaries being supported by white evangelicalism are no longer, themselves, white evangelicals. Missionaries have,...

January 11, 2018

Moody’s critics lament liberal shift away from biblical white supremacy

At the Broken Twig blog, "conservative" critics of Moody Bible Institute angrily denounce what they...

January 10, 2018

Moody people

Is this the tale of a brave whistleblower fired by corrupt administrators? Or is it...

January 01, 2018

Postcards from the class and culture wars (1.1.18)

"Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Blasphemy

"A majority of white voters backed a candidate who assured them that they will never...

November 27, 2017

Adam Serwer saying smart things

"Trumpism emerged from a haze of delusion, denial, pride, and cruelty — not as a...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Smart people saying smart things (10.31.17)

Rebecca Traister on how "Our National Narratives Are Still Being Shaped by Lecherous, Powerful Men."...

October 22, 2017

One Side’s Hate and One is Hope

Kurt Anderson on the "Fantasyland" of Trump's America, and how it relates to evangelical anti-intellectualism...

October 04, 2017

Postcards from the class and culture wars (10.4.17)

"But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you?...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

The Face of White Christian Nationalism

Roy Moore, the likely next senator from Alabama, is the unmasked and unmaskable face of...

September 13, 2017

You were a fool to let me go

Not-Garland joined his fellow robed partisans to uphold racial gerrymandering in Texas. How long does...

September 08, 2017

‘When necessary, use words’

Two very different groups of American Christians put out statements this week. (Yes, again. More...

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Student’s paper shows promise

More troubling is the way the student doesn't seem to have integrated the subject into...

August 26, 2017

A ‘recent painful episode’

The point is not that there would somehow be "repercussions" for the signatories of this...

August 22, 2017

A good statement from the Wheaton faculty lounge

Alas, the evangelicals of the faculty lounge cannot speak for most white evangelicals. Even worse,...

August 21, 2017

What Does it Mean to Say ‘Racism is Sin’? (Part 2)

OK, then, we think, we'll try not to do that. And we prepare ourselves for...

August 21, 2017

What Does It Mean to Say ‘Racism is Sin’?

It seems to be the one sin we are incapable of confessing, the one sin...

August 17, 2017

Left Behind and Trumpism

The Left Behind series sold more than 65 million copies. I can't offer a precise...

August 14, 2017

Paula Deen and Charlottesville

Drew G.I. Hart's discussion of Paula Deen seems timely. This is from his fine book,...

August 02, 2017

Geist und wurst

Mapping the locations of Outback Steakhouses and Olive Gardens does not reveal anything Satanic. Mapping...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Postcards from the class and culture wars (7.27.17)

"Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to...

July 18, 2017

‘What made it possible for him to see?’

In an essay on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Stanley Hauerwas asks "What made it possible for him...

July 17, 2017

When Christian Gatekeepers Attack

Dave Gushee writes about last week's Eugene Peterson debacle as someone with first-hand experience of...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

Christian nationalism and white nationalism

Kelly J. Baker studied one of the darker corners of American history, writing Gospel According...

June 20, 2017

Southern Baptists still think of white supremacy as a ‘stain’

The Southern Baptist Convention has passed an official resolution on racism. I'm happy to report...

June 15, 2017

Baptist ‘Resolutions’ Aren’t Usually Newsworthy, but the Struggle to Pass One is

Resolutions and the votes on them tend to get reported as official Southern Baptist pronouncements...

May 2017

May 03, 2017

Spell C-A-L-H-O-U-N across the steel grey sky

Donald Trump's comments on the Civil War are surprisingly ignorant, even when accounting for the...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Mulder, it’s me

Please note that monkey-wrenching a despicably white nationalist Trump initiative with phone calls is not...