Ever since revelations of his tryst with a male prostitute became public in 2006, Ted Haggard has been a visible…
Haggling over Ted Haggard’s identity
Evangelicalism
Super Bowl and religion roundup
Without fail, the Super Bowl inspires a round of sports-and-religion stories. Dubbed a "high h0liday" of American society by Joseph Price, its cultural…
Sportualism in America
In an article published this week in USA Today, Tom Krattenmaker explores the directed effort by religious groups to infiltrate the wide…
Idaho missionaries replay colonial legacy, imperial hubris
Anthea Butler analyzes the case of Idaho missionaries arrested in Haiti, comparing it to the long history of colonialism and…
Let the Tea Party begin
Who are the prominent movers and shakers at the Tea Party convention? The Daily Beast reports.
Mayor of southern California city wants to make town a “Christian Community”
In Lancaster, CA, many argue that Mayor R. Rex Parris is attempting to make the town a "Christian" community by…
How the Bible Belt came to be
At Science and Religion Today, historian Randall Stephens attempts to explain the distinct and enduring religiosity of the American south.
The evangelical flagship at a crossroads
As Wheaton College, known for decades as the "evangelical Harvard," searches for a new president, the flagship evangelical institution stands…
Reconstructing belief
I would like to continue the discussion of modernity and the problem of belief, which, like Danilyn Rutherford, I do…
Glenn Beck and the new evangelical ecumenism
In December 2009, talk show host Glenn Beck topped Billy Graham on Gallup’s list of most admired men. Many of…