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Guest WriterEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics
Donald Trump's triumph over the religious right has an Arthurian feel to it, as Trump slays the movement that, through its own failure, helped birth him.
Jake MeadorCurrent Politics
Rick Santorum's craven endorsement of Donald Trump is the latest reminder that the American church isn't just dying; it's committing suicide.
Samuel JamesEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics
Last summer, David Brooks wrote that the social conflicts “oriented around the Sexual revolution” were over. Legal same-sex marriage and the declining influence of traditional Christianity had combined, he wrote, to put the goals of the culture wars of the last few decades out […]
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics
Ruth Graham's latest in Slate is both useful and interesting, but misunderstands the current political mood amongst evangelicals.
Brad LittlejohnEconomics and BusinessEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
The rise of Donald Trump provides an opportunity for evangelicals to return to more basic questions, such as the right ordering of political economies.
Guest WriterEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Stephen Wolfe explains why any attempted third party movement amongst evangelicals would be doomed to fail from the start.
Steven WedgeworthEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Steven Wedgeworth argues that the ascent of Trump offers a fantastic opportunity for evangelicals to develop a genuinely evangelical alternative to the GOP.
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
The ascent of Donald Trump makes one thing clear: The GOP has lost all moral credibility with evangelical voters.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
One reader (perhaps we can call him Mere O’s very own Professor Kingsfield?) of Friday’s post raised another possible mechanism that could be used by courts or legislatures to target conservative religious groups: the fear of “religious extremism.” Jake — […]
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
It’s a truth universally recognized by anyone who has ever talked about the BenOp that a person who expresses concern about the church’s future is in want of a person to quote Tertullian at them. Sorry, is that cheeky? Here’s […]
Guest WriterCurrent Politics
Deconstructionism tells us that words don't really have any meaning. Donald Trump's campaign has taken that idea and run with it.
Jake MeadorChurchCurrent Politics
An inverted question of the great question facing Jayber Crow is the chief question facing many contemporary conservatives.