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American Evangelicalism Book Chapters & Journals Christian Scholarship

My Brother’s Keeper: George McGovern and Progressive Christianity. By Mark A. Lempke

Excerpt: Long overshadowed by historians’ preoccupation with the influence conservative evangelicals have wielded on the national stage, the scholarship on progressive faith traditions is now coming into its own. Alongside works like David R. Swartz’s Moral Minority and Jill K. Gill’s Embattled…

Kristin Kobes Du MezDecember 11, 2017

American Evangelicalism Talks & Lectures

Understanding White Evangelical Views on Immigration

Summary: Complete video from the panel discussion at “Symposium on Religious Literacy and Government: Refugee and Immigration Issues,” sponsored by the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative, held at Harvard Divinity School on December 7–8, 2017. Additional resources and full video…

Kristin Kobes Du MezDecember 8, 2017

American Evangelicalism Interviews & Podcasts

Evangelicals for Roy Moore–No Matter What: CBC Radio, Day 6, Episode 364

Interview by Brent Bambury for CBC Radio, Day 6, Episode 364, "Evangelicals for Roy Moore, Battlefront II outage, Grace Mugabe, Puerto Rico's Power Grid & More." Kristin Kobes Du Mez and Bambury discuss recent American political events in the segment "Why Some…

Kristin Kobes Du MezNovember 17, 2017

Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship

Christian Scholarship, For Such a Time as This

I’ve got to be honest. There was a time, not long ago, when I had become weary of conversations about “Christian scholarship.” These conversations, it seemed to me, had become stale, and sometimes took the place of actually doing scholarship,…

Kristin Kobes Du MezNovember 16, 2017

Articles & Essays Purity Culture Spirituality

American Christianity Needs More Sin

Sola gratia. By grace alone. With the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Protestants around the world have been revisiting this revolutionary concept. And rightly so. But with the festivities behind us, let’s set grace aside for a moment, and focus on…

Kristin Kobes Du MezNovember 2, 2017

Donald Trump Talks & Lectures

Onward Christian Warriors: Evangelical Masculinity and the Rise of Donald Trump

University of Iowa's Geneva Lecture in Iowa City.

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 22, 2017

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Articles & Essays Christian Women Sexual Abuse & #MeToo

Me Too. And Why This is a Christian Problem

“Me too.” I first saw these words on a friend’s Facebook post, a friend who only recently went through a grueling process to hold her workplace sexual harasser accountable. Prompted by the campaign inspired by activist Tarana Burke, she posted it along…

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 19, 2017

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Articles & Essays Christian Feminists

Race Hatred, the Crime of the Age, and the Impotency of Christianity

This blog post is a condensed excerpt from A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism (OUP 2015), pp. 75-78. It was the morning of October 16, 1893. The day dawned bright and frosty, and excitement was…

Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 5, 2017

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American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Christian Thought Christian Women

Tish Warren, Jen Hatmaker, and the “Crisis” of the Female Christian Blogosphere in Historical Perspective

As a historian of American Christianity, I have followed with great interest the conversation Tish Harrison Warren began earlier this spring at Christianity Today’s #AmplifyWomen series. In an essay titled “Who’s In Charge of the Christian Blogosphere?,” Warren identified “a new crisis…

Kristin Kobes Du MezAugust 31, 2017

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Articles & Essays Work & Family

Reclaiming Life at Home: Declaring War on Clutter to Save the American Soul

Imagine for a moment a team of anthropologists walking through your door, taking a look around, and settling in for a close observation of your possessions, how you interact with them, and what this means about American life. That’s pretty…

Kristin Kobes Du MezAugust 10, 2017

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