Religious Right

The Religious Right (or sometimes called the Christian Right) is a phrase sometimes used to describe Christian political groups or activists that take socially conservative positions on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. Few leaders use the term to describe themselves as it has become more pejorative in recent years. As Focus on the Family’s Gary Schneeberger said, “[T]erms like ‘religious right’ have been traditionally used in a pejorative way to suggest extremism. The phrase ‘socially conservative evangelicals’ is not very exciting, but that’s certainly the way to do it.” After the deaths of leaders like Jerry Falwell and Charles Colson, some have raised the question of whether the Religious Right still exists.

News

Died: Charlie Kirk, Activist Who Championed ‘MAGA Doctrine’

Daniel Silliman

With a debate style honed for college campuses and social media, the Turning Point USA founder sought to renew America.

News

Died: James Dobson, Who Taught Evangelicals to Focus on Family

Daniel Silliman

The child psychologist answered hundreds of thousands of parenting questions and urged Christians to fight in America’s “civil war of values.”

Review

How a Great Pro-Life Hope Disappointed His Allies

Daniel K. Williams

As surgeon general under Ronald Reagan, C. Everett Koop traveled in evangelical circles. But the partnership was always uneasy.

Vance’s Chance

W. James Antle III

How VP-elect JD Vance could build a bridge between populism and Christian conservatism.

The Evangelicalism of Jimmy Carter

Daniel K. Williams

The former president, who turns 100 on Tuesday, was elected while serving as a Southern Baptist deacon. But he was never fully welcomed by white evangelicals as one of our own.