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Kristin DuMez’ “Live, Laugh, Love” (opens the original)
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I pre-ordered Kristin DuMez’s Live, Laugh, Love (Now a New York Times Bestseller!) the day pre-orders were announced. Impatiently awaiting its arrival, I heard that she would be speaking about the book at an event sponsored by the Center for the Study of Evangelicalism at the University of Colorado — Colorado Springs the evening the book dropped1. I hoped my copy would arrive before we had to leave for the Springs. Thankfully, it made it. I had tim
Backslide: Christianity’s failure to meet the current moment (opens the original)
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I have been reading the work of Robert P. (Robbie) Jones for a decade. I had already paid attention to the excellent work being done — and continuing to be done — by the Public Religion Research Institute, which Robbie founded. His first book, The End of White American Christianity1 (2016) had a huge impact on me. The book argued that demographic and religious changes meant that White Christians — especially conservative ones — were rapidly b
Will Your College Lose Tax Exempt Status? (opens the original)
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Fifty-five years ago this summer, a US District Court ruled that Bob Jones University’s policy prohibiting interracial dating violated an IRS policy arising from the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This action, later upheld 8-1 by the Warren Berger Supreme Court, took away JBU’s tax exempt status. As Randall Balmer observed in this seminal 2014 piece, the decision — more than Roe v. Wade — provided the impetus for the Moral Majority. Balmer describes the initial ruling as follows:On June 30, 1971, the U
The OG Christian Nationalist (opens the original)
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We spent last weekend with our son and family in the Philadelphia area. The grandkids are five and nearly three, so there was a lot of energy present. It was a great time, with visits to dinosaur exhibits and a Paw Patrol movie.John’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input cl
What happened to Methodists in the 70s and 80s? (opens the original)
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My introduction to the sociology of religion happened as an undergraduate in 1975. It was a time of significant upheaval in the world of religion (especially Protestantism). At the time, I was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.1 My interests remained broad, however.John’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<
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