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Hillary Clinton

Having spent a lot of time reading the sermons and diaries of intrepid Methodist women in the late 19th– and early-twentieth centuries, I couldn’t help but see Hillary Clinton as a torchbearer of this vibrant tradition of progressive faith and activism. Yet it puzzled me that so many people, on the left and right, saw her as “secular”–or even “pagan.” The more I began to dig into her story, the more I began to realize that to tell her story is to tell the story of Christianity in recent American history. This narrative is perhaps all the more important given her loss in the 2016 election.
Until this book comes out, you can read some of my research on Clinton’s faith in The Washington Post, Religion & Politics,  Perspectives, in All things, and at The Anxious Bench.
“The Deep Disgust for Hillary Clinton that Drives so Many Evangelicals to Support Trump” image of logo of the washington postHillary ClintonIn the Media

“The Deep Disgust for Hillary Clinton that Drives so Many Evangelicals to Support Trump”

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey of The Washington Post for "The Deep Disgust for Hillary Clinton that Drives so Many Evangelicals to Support Trump."  Published in Acts of Faith: Religion Headlines that Matter.  Excerpt: New to the political scene, Trump offers white evangelicals…
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
October 9, 2016
The Deep Roots of Our Hillary Hostility: Christianity Today, Quick Listen, Episode 20 Image of Hillary ClintonHillary ClintonInterviews & Podcasts

The Deep Roots of Our Hillary Hostility: Christianity Today, Quick Listen, Episode 20

Interview by Katelyn Beaty, Editor at Large for Christianity Today (2016). Beaty and Du Mez discuss events with fellow scholar Alan Nobel, English professor at Oklahoma Baptist University.   About the Episode Earlier this week, ESPN’s analytics site FiveThirtyEight gave…
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
July 27, 2016