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Daniel K. Williams

Daniel K. Williams teaches American history at Ashland University and is the author of The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship. He is currently writing a history of Protestant Christian apologetics that is under contract with Oxford University Press.

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Daniel K. Williams

Daniel K. Williams teaches American history at Ashland University and is the author of The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship. He is currently writing a history of Protestant Christian apologetics that is under contract with Oxford University Press.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

The Emptiness of Atheism for a Romantic Idealist

Beha's book is a moving account of how a romantic materialist might embrace Christianity, but it is too dismissive of other approaches to belief.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook ReviewsJournalWinter 2026

Adding Up the Evidence for God: A Social Scientist’s Journey through Apologetics

Charles Murray's engagement with the Christian faith shows the power and the limits of a certain sort of apologetic.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

How Should Evangelicals Respond to the Vanishing Mainline?

What happens to religious life in America when the Protestant Mainline vanishes? That is the question facing everyone in America today, Christian or not.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

A Protestant Response to a Roman Argument for Christendom

For being about common life and social order, Jones's book lives entirely in the realm of theory, rendering it strangely divorced from political reality.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

Jesus Springs: An Interview with William J. Schultz

Though it is not as influential as it once was, for a time Colorado Springs was amongst the preeminent cities in American evangelicalism.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

Jesus Springs: An Interview with William J. Schultz

Though it is not as influential as it once was, for a time Colorado Springs was amongst the preeminent cities in American evangelicalism.

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From Social Gospel to Contraception

The early 20th century saw dramatic transformations in how Mainline Protestantism thought about sexual ethics.

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How John MacArthur Changed American Preaching

John MacArthur's approach to expository preaching was once uncommon, but through decades of consistency he helped reintroduce it to the American church.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook ReviewsJournalSpring 2025

The Power of Charisma in American History: An Interview with Molly Worthen

The concept of charisma offers a striking new way of thinking about the relationship between religion and politics in the United States.

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The Greatly Exaggerated Death of Protestantism

The supposed end of confessional Protestantism looks less like the end and more like the norm if you simply expand your historical frames of reference.

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Religious Freedom and Conservatism in America: Interview with John D. Wilsey

Historian Daniel K. Williams interviews John Wilsey about his new book on religious freedom and conservatism in the United States.

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What Were the Real Origins of the Christian Right?

The origins of the Christian right are far more complex than those critics who claim it was about racism and segregation would have you think.