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The First Presbyterian Church at 48 Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Village, New York City.

The Sermon That Divided America

Harry Emerson Fosdick's ‘Shall the Fundamentalists Win?’
by Obbie Tyler Todd via The Gospel Coalition on May 21, 2022
Book cover featuring abstract watercolor splotches behind the title "American Exceptionalism."

"A New History of an Old Idea"

Richard Cándida Smith on Ian Tyrrell’s "American Exceptionalism: A New History of an Old Idea."
by Richard Cándida Smith via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on April 17, 2022
Elle Hardy and the cover of her book, Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.

The Rise of Pentecostal Christianity

While the world’s fastest-growing religious faith offers material benefits and psychological uplift to many, it also pushes a reactionary political agenda.
by Nathan J. Robinson, Elle Hardy via Current Affairs on April 8, 2022
Reverend Jerry Falwell, speaking from a pulpit.

Evangelical Groundhog Day

The NYT identifies the 'religious fervor in the American right' — around four decades late.
by Diana Butler Bass via Religion Dispatches on April 7, 2022
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers speaking before the appearance of former president Donald Trump at a Save America Rally on Jan 15th in Florence, Arizona.
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The Bond That Explains Why Some on the Christian Right Support Putin’s War

Russia has become an ally in a global movement.
by Bethany Moreton via Made By History on March 5, 2022
Abandoned school bus with broken windows.

White Flight In Noxubee County: Why School Integration Never Happened

After the U.S Supreme Court forced school integration in early 1970, white families fled to either racist Central Academy or new Mennonite schools.
by Donna Ladd via Mississippi Free Press on October 29, 2021
Women holding protest signs, demonstrating against school materials, 1975

When a Battle to Ban Textbooks Became Violent

In 1974, the culture wars came to Kanawha County, West Virginia, inciting protests over school curriculum.
by Ashawnta Jackson, Carol Mason, Paul J. Kaufman via JSTOR Daily on September 27, 2021

Critical Race Theory is Just the Latest Battle

A new book shows how southern evangelicals looked to the Bible to justify their opposition to racial integration.
by Christopher D. Cantwell via Religion Dispatches on July 7, 2021
Julie and Hillary Goodridge talking to reporters

Why the Marriage-Equality Movement Succeeded

The author of “The Engagement" discusses the activists, politicians, and judicial figures who were at the forefront of the battle over same-sex marriage.
by Isaac Chotiner, Sasha Issenberg via The New Yorker on June 10, 2021
James Dobson speaking at a Focus on the Family event

The Eugenics Roots of Evangelical Family Values

Although they have different beliefs, eugenicists and evangelicals have historically worked together to further a joint agenda.
by Audrey Clare Farley via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on May 12, 2021
Man holding up a sign during the Capitol Siege

The Post-Trump Crack-Up of the Evangelical Community

Its embrace of an ignominious president is forcing a long-overdue reckoning with the movement’s embrace of white supremacy and illiberal politics.
by Audrey Clare Farley via The New Republic on March 16, 2021
Representatives Young Kim and Michelle Steele
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What the Election of Asian American GOP Women Means For the Party

While American conservatism remains largely White, it has slowly but surely become less so.
by Jane H. Hong via Made By History on March 8, 2021
A man standing at a crossroads holding an American flag.

The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind

The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.
by Michael Luo via The New Yorker on March 4, 2021
Person kneeling with a Trump flag tied to their back, in front of a large wooden cross during the Capitol Siege

How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture

Are the evangelicals who voted for Trump and stormed the Capitol in his defense part of the fringe of evangelicalism, or the core?
by Christopher D. Cantwell via Religion Dispatches on March 4, 2021

QAnon and the Satanic Panics of Yesteryear

What they can teach us about what to expect.
by Daniel N. Gullotta via The Bulwark on February 25, 2021
illustration of a traditional housewife in the kitchen, baking for her husband

No, Rush Limbaugh Did Not Hijack Your Parents’ Christianity

White evangelicals have long been attracted to the conservative media's militant politics and regressive gender roles.
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez via Religion Dispatches on February 22, 2021
Camp meeting

The Long Road to White Christians' Trumpism

Any effective soul-searching must take into account the history of white American Christian support for white supremacist power.
by Elizabeth L. Jemison via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on December 8, 2020
Joe Biden walking in a church cemetery
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Joe Biden's Harshest Critics Are Likely To Be Some of His Fellow Catholics

The fight between Biden and conservative Catholics will be about more than policy.
by Theresa Keeley via Made By History on November 30, 2020

‘Patriotic Education’ Is How White Supremacy Survives

No, Trump can’t rewrite school curriculums himself, but a thousand mini-Trumps on the nation’s school boards can.
by Jeff Sharlet via Gen on September 21, 2020

QAnon Didn't Just Spring Forth From the Void

Calling QAnon a "cult" or "religion" hides how its practices are born of deeply American social and political traditions.
by Adam Willems, Megan Goodwin via Religion Dispatches on September 10, 2020

Lovers Under an Apple Tree

Why did the priest and the choir singer die, and what was the nature of their love?
by Audrey Clare Farley via Contingent on March 8, 2020
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A Founder of American Religious Nationalism

On Rousas Rushdoony's political thought and lasting influence on the Christian right.
by Katherine Stewart via HNN on March 3, 2020
Art of angels walking through thick forest.

When ‘Angels in America’ Came to East Texas

Twenty years ago my hometown made national headlines when the local college staged an internationally acclaimed play about gay men and the AIDS crisis.
by Wes Ferguson via Texas Monthly on October 14, 2019
President Ronald Reagan speaking to Jerry Falwell Sr. Both men are seated with their legs crossed.

Fundamentalism Turns 100, a Landmark for the Christian Right

Christian fundamentalists have become a politically powerful group since the movement’s foundation in 1919.
by William Trollinger via The Conversation on October 8, 2019

'Evangelical' Has Lost Its Meaning

A term that once described a vital tradition within the Christian faith now means something else entirely.
by Alan Jacobs via The Atlantic on September 22, 2019
People stand outside the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham.

The American Church's Complicity in Racism

On the many moments when white Christians could have interceded on behalf of racial justice, but did not.
by Jemar Tisby, Eric C. Miller via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on April 2, 2019

The Old Culture War Over Bible Reading in Public Schools is Starting Again

It was among the first social issues to split American Protestants into liberal and conservative camps.
by David Mislin via The Conversation on February 4, 2019
George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush in church.
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How George H.W. Bush Enabled the Rise of the Religious Right

Religious conservatives used the Bush presidency to launch their takeover of the GOP.
by Neil J. Young via Made By History on December 5, 2018
Trump among a group of people with heads bowed in prayer.

Evangelicalism and Politics

Four historians weigh in on evangelicals' affinity for Trump – and their commitment to the conservative movement more broadly.
by John Fea, Lerone A. Martin, Laura Gifford, R. Marie Griffith via The American Historian on November 30, 2018
Drawing of "Uncle Sam," a common national personification of the U.S., crouched over a church. He appears to be listening to what is going on inside.

Under God

Our secular government is all tangled up with God. How did we get here?
by Jackie Roche via The Nib on November 30, 2018
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