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David A. Hollinger

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Christianity's Place in the Left and the Right

A conversation with historian David Hollinger about the rise of evangelicalism, the decline of mainline Protestantism, and the nature of America's secularism.

by David A. Hollinger, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins via The Nation on March 29, 2023
How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular

Evangelicalism and the more liberal “mainline” Protestantism must be understood in a dialectical relationship to one another, rather than in isolation.

by David A. Hollinger, Eric C. Miller via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on October 18, 2022

Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular

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Billy Graham leading a prayer at the Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida, August 1968; Richard Nixon is at right.

Victimhood and Vengeance

The contemporary rise of Christian nationalism in the US is a reactionary response to the country’s liberalization over the past half-century.

by Linda Greenhouse via New York Review of Books on January 19, 2023

Picture of a cross necklace over a suit.

The Faith and Its Keepers

In the 1990s, liberal intellectuals complained that evangelicals were moralistic on political questions. Now the complaint is reversed.

by D. G. Hart via The Wall Street Journal on October 4, 2022

The “Miscegenation” Troll

The term “miscegenation” was coined in an 1864 pamphlet by an anonymous author. It turned out to be an anti-abolition hoax.

by Mark Sussman via JSTOR Daily on February 20, 2019

Empty speech bubbles emanating from people in an old house.

Popular History

What role do we really want history to be playing in our public life? And is the history we have actually doing that work?

by Scott Spillman via The Point on September 29, 2024

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