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Ben Carson, Science, and Seventh-day Adventists
P residential candidate Ben Carson’s scientific views might seem out of place for a renowned neurosurgeon. He is uncertain on global warming, opining to Bloomberg: …
By Ben Spackman
Review
Spotlight is this Generation’s All the President’s Men
Spotlight, the film released on Friday, appears at first glance to be a scripted homage. The movie offers a fictionalized portrayal of the Boston Globe’s …
By Mara Willard
Excerpt
How Faithful People Can Change Politics
On August 11, 2011, at a time when bipartisan members of Congress were trying to work out an agreement on the federal budget, eight Republican …
By John C. Danforth
Interview
The Political Legacy of Progressive Evangelicals
For all the media attention paid to the Religious Right, much less energy has been spent looking into its counterpart, the Religious Left. And yet, …
By Eric C. Miller
Excerpt
Thomas Jefferson and the Origins of American Religious Nationalism
Scholars have variously depicted Thomas Jefferson as everything from a crypto-Unitarian with a deep love of Jesus to a priest-baiting infidel. My own view is …
By Sam Haselby
Essay
Teaching Islam in the Age of ISIS
Last academic year, students at my college asked me to participate in two faculty panel discussions on current events: one on ISIS (also known as …
By Amina Steinfels
Editor’s Note
On Planned Parenthood, Beware of False Prophets
“The Bible says, ‘Beware of false prophets,’” outgoing House Speaker John Boehner told Face the Nation host John Dickerson on September 27. Boehner was referring …
By Marie Griffith
Essay
Pope Francis Comes to Washington
As recently as the 1950s, it was gospel in certain liberal circles that Catholicism was, to take a leaf from Ben Carson, “inconsistent with the …
By Leslie Woodcock Tentler
Essay
Kim Davis and the Anxieties of Christian America
Once released from her short stay in her county detention center, throngs of supporters greeted Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis with an energetic celebration. Davis …
By Benjamin E. Park
Essay
Pulling Us Back In: David Barton, Ted Cruz, and the Evangelical Grassroots
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Like Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III, who thought he could squirm …
By Paul Harvey