Archives: June 2012
The States Project
Wyoming: A Westerner Encounters Open Range Religion
A Westerner Encounters Open Range Religion.
By Quincy D. Newell
Interview
Red State Religion: An Interview with Robert Wuthnow
Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America’s Heartlandby Robert WuthnowPrinceton University Press, 2012 Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger ’52 Professor of Sociology … By Alfredo Garcia
Review
When the Court Took on Prayer and the Bible in Public Schools
The Bible, the School, and the Constitution: The Clash That Shaped Modern Church-State Doctrine By Steven K. Green Oxford University Press, 2012 Today marks the 50th anniversary … By Michael D. Waggoner
Report
The Changing Face of the Southern Baptist Convention
The Rev. Fred Luter held up his Bible and stomped his feet. It was Monday evening, and he stood on the stage of the convention … By Ingrid Norton
Editor’s Note
What Can We Learn from UVA?
The forced resignation of University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan, announced June 10, did not go as planned. Pushed out by a faction of the … By Marie Griffith
Report
The Plight of Pagans in the Military
Stefani Barner likes to say she is married to the military. She lives in Eastpointe, Michigan, 10 miles from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, where … By Jennifer Willis
The States Project
California: A Dreamer Walks With Cesar Chavez
A Dreamer Walks With Cesar Chavez.
By Luis D. León
Report
How Your View of God Shapes Your View of the Economy
In recent decades, “big tent” conservatism has seemed on the brink of collapse, its poles buckling under competing constituencies with “values” voters in one corner … By Paul Froese
Excerpt
The Myth of the Black Church
My earliest ideas about African American religion and political struggle come from my first public memories as a child of the South of the late 1950s and 1960s.
By Barbara Dianne Savage
The States Project
Wisconsin: A Political Scientist Surveys the Recall Election
A Political Scientist Surveys the Recall Election.
By Christopher B. Chapp