by joelabrown | Feb 18, 2018 | American religious history, Race and Religion, Religion and Politics, Scholars' Roundtable
In “Don’t Forget Trump’s Pentecostal Fans,” Arlene Sánchez-Walsh (Azusa Pacific University), responds to David Barr’s (University of Chicago) essay featured in this month’s issue of the Forum, “Evangelical Support for Trump as...
by joelabrown | Feb 2, 2018 | American religious history, Religion and Politics, Religious Ethics
In “American Evangelical Support for Donald Trump: Mostly American, and Only Sort-of ‘Evangelical’,” John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (Ph.D. ’87), responds to David Barr’s (University of Chicago) essay featured in this month’s issue of...
by joelabrown | Oct 13, 2017 | American religious history, Featured Books, October 2017, Race and Religion, Religion and Politics, Scholars' Roundtable
The October issue of the Forum kicks off with an essay by Damon Berry (St. Lawrence University), a scholar of religion in white nationalism, in which he explores the religious strategy employed by white nationalists at the Charlottesville protests this past August....
by joelabrown | Sep 19, 2017 | American religious history, Healthcare, Religion and Politics, Religious Ethics, Scholars' Roundtable, September 2017
Philippa Koch (PhD ’16) joins our scholars’ roundtable on healthcare and religion with her essay, “‘The seeds of compassion and duty’: An Early Americanist Take on Healthcare.” The September issue of the Forum explores the place of...
by joelabrown | Aug 3, 2017 | American religious history, July 2017, Religion and Politics
For the final post in this month’s issue of the Forum, Russell Johnson (University of Chicago) responds to the three scholars who commented throughout the month on his essay, “The Struggle Is Real: Understanding the American ‘Culture War,’ ” which is featured in...
by joelabrown | Jul 27, 2017 | American religious history, July 2017, Religion and Politics
L. Benjamin Rolsky (Monmouth University) responds to Russell Johnson’s (University of Chicago) essay, “The Struggle Is Real: Understanding the American ‘Culture War,’ ” which is featured in the July issue of the Forum. Three recent books all claim the culture war is...