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American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship

Is It Time to Put Away “the Prophetic”?

A few weeks back, evangelical theologian Richard Mouw explained over at Religion News Service why he declined to sign “prophetic” declarations. (You know, the official statements proliferating about this or that “justice-related matter.”) Since that time, the essay has been reprinted at First…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 8, 2018

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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

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

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Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship Culture

Fairness for All: A Call for Culture Peacemakers?

For nearly half a century, American Christians have, to greater and lesser degrees, embraced the role of culture warriors. As evangelicals began to stake a claim on American culture and politics, they invoked the language of rights while lamenting the…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 4, 2017

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Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship Culture

A Golden Age for Christian Colleges?

Are Christian colleges uniquely positioned to revitalize our nation’s intellectual life and contribute to cultural bridge-building in this era of political and social polarization? If you ask Christian scholars, this would seem to be the case. In Inside Higher Ed, Tal…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 23, 2017

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American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship

Still Searching for Christian America

“At times of crisis it is a natural human reaction to turn to the past for support.” These words were written by evangelicals, to evangelicals. In 1983. Wait—1983? But Ronald Reagan was president at the time. What could possibly have…

Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 23, 2017

Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship

Building a Tradition of Christian Gender Studies

Twenty years ago, I was a college student attending a Christian college in the Reformed tradition. (Dordt College, in case you’re curious). It was my junior year, and I had yet to have a female professor, I don’t believe I…

Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 1, 2015

Book Reviews Christian Scholarship Culture

The Legislation That Made the Greatest Generation

DECEMBER 2007: REVIEW With its red, white, and blue cover and patriotic stars sprinkled throughout the text, Edward Humes’Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream appears to be yet another paean to America’s “Greatest Generation.” In many ways…

Kristin Kobes Du MezDecember 16, 2007

Book Reviews Christian Scholarship

Review of R. Marie Griffith, Born Again Bodies: Flesh and Spirit in American Christianity

Cite: DuMez, Kristin Kobes. "Review of R. Marie Griffith, Born Again Bodies: Flesh and Spirit in American Christianity." Fides et Historia, Vol. 38, No. 1, Winter/Spring 2006. Book Review. R. Marie Griffith. Born Again Bodies: Flesh and Spirit in American…

Kristin Kobes Du MezApril 27, 2006

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