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Book Review
Fear, Power, Nostalgia, and the 81 Percent
An evangelical historian searches for the roots of Trump-friendly evangelicalism.

Kristin Kobes Du Mez | June 29, 2018

News
Guess Who’s Coming to Church: Multiracial Congregations Triple Among Protestants
Sociologists evaluate the progress and future of the evangelical push for church diversity.

Kate Shellnutt | June 22, 2018

Isaac Backus: An 18th-Century Evangelical with 21st-Century Wisdom
On questions of race, religious liberty, and political power, the Baptist preacher should be our guiding light.

Brandon J. O'Brien | June 21, 2018

Book Review | CT Magazine
You Can’t Have Racial Justice Without a Bloody Cross
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove’s necessary rebuke on race rests on a sadly truncated gospel.

Daniel Darling | June 21, 2018

Book Review
A Conservative Christian Alternative to Panic Politics
Bruce Ashford models a refreshingly amiable approach. But perhaps he could have used a little more fire and brimstone.

Bryan McGraw | June 18, 2018

Under Discussion
For Black Evangelicals, How Does Masterpiece Cakeshop Compare to Jim Crow?
Four views on why African American Christians have mixed feelings about the Supreme Court’s first ruling on refusing services for same-sex weddings.

Compiled by Kate Shellnutt | June 10, 2018

Christian History
The Anti-Racism Activist That History Forgot
In the Jim Crow era, an African-American newspaper owner made a biblical case against racism.

Paul Putz | June 05, 2018

Book Review
The Family Feud that Changed the Shape of Christian Higher Education
What makes a college “evangelical” or “fundamentalist?” The dividing lines weren’t always so clear.

Barry Hankins | May 17, 2018

Book Review | CT Magazine
The Origin Story of Martin Luther King Jr.
How the civil-rights hero honed his preaching skills and prophetic vision at a Northern liberal seminary.

Edward Gilbreath | April 20, 2018

Book Review | CT Magazine
Southern Christianity Is Bigger Than the Bible Belt
A scholar’s journey through the region reveals much more than Baptists and church barbecues.

Bob Smietana | April 20, 2018

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News & Reporting

Guess Who’s Coming to Church: Multiracial Congregations Triple Among Protestants
Sociologists evaluate the progress and future of the evangelical push for church diversity.
50 Years After MLK, Sunday Segregation Isn’t Theological
According to sociology’s top survey, black and white evangelicals have more in common than politics conveys.

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