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One more round on the concerns about evangelicals and Gingrich. Jerry L. Walls is a philosopher and the author of numerous books, the most recent of which was listed among
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The maelstrom of criticism on yesterday’s post has all been good fun and even better learning, the sort of raucous and respectful comment threads that are simply a joy. It’s got me thinking, though, of what we expect from a […]
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[youtube OE4BAhHMsHY] Newt has, we are told, won the South Carolina primary on the backs of evangelicals. I’ve been an occasional defender of the demographic against its many critics,
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By far, the most important (and provocative) book I’ve read this year belongs to perennial controversialist, D.G. Hart. His From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American Conservatism is proving to be quite the conversation starter in […]
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Conor Friedersdorf responds to Ross Douthat’s latest column: Douthat concludes his column by writing that “we need intelligent leaders with a sense of their own limits, experienced people whose lives have taught them caution. We still need the best and […]
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David Brooks: Ward (who is inexplicably being replaced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo) rescued the ground zero project by disenchanting it, by seeing it as it is, not through shrouds of
Andrew WalkerPolitics
There is a “hubbub” afoot on whether clergy should perform weddings on behalf of the state. The “hubbub” is fomented mostly by Tony Jones, who refuses to perform weddings on behalf of the state or have his own marriage recognized by […]
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Apologies for returning to this theme yet again, but this is what happens when discussions occur and I have words to say. At any rate, The Christian Post took a
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Sojourners, the leading organization of the evangelical left, can’t seem to escape the controversy that erupted in March when it rejected an advertisement from Believe out Loud, an organization trying to “significantly increase the number of local churches and denominations […]
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Andrew Walker on Alisa Harris' new memoir: Harris gets a lot right in her book—namely, that “something is deeply wrong with the evangelical politics in which our childhood
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My friends Eric Teetsel and Timothy Dalrymple have assembled a crew of thoughtful folks to respond to the Circle of Protection, a coalition of Christians who have been putting pressure
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I’m currently in Grand Rapids, Michigan attending the Acton Institute’s “Acton University”—an annual four-day conference focused, broadly, around two topics: Religion and Liberty. Acton is often