My recent piece on Neocalvinism in Comment received some criticism either because (1) I suggested links between what now passes for Neocalvinism and the right-wing, libertarian elements of the Republican party, or (2) because I think that’s a bad thing. In that light, I find two recent local events almost laughable–if they weren’t also disheartening….
My recent article on Neocalvinism in Comment generated some curious comments and reaction (both at the site and via email). Most of it is not worth a reply, but I continue to be amazed by a lack of imagination on the right which thinks that a criticism of the Bush administration can only mean that…
I’ve always secretly enjoyed a genre of humorous, “takes-one-to-know-one,” accounts of evangelical Christianity, such as Patricia Klein’s Just As We Were, or Sweeney’s memoir, Born Again and Again: Surprising Gifts of a Fundamentalist Childhood. So I’m intrigued by the new offering from Joel Kilpatrick’s A Field Guide to Evangelicals and Their Habitat. Kilpatrick’s is a…
Philip Blond and Adrian Pabst, two bright young British theologians, today published an insightful commentary on “The Twisted Religion of Blair and Bush” in the International Herald Tribune (roughly an arm of the NYT in Europe, for those not familiar). A fine example of thoughtful, accessible theologically-informed public commentary.
Left Behind: The Video Game Yet one more piece of evidence confirming the Babylonian captivity of American evangelicalism.
The Evangelical Climate Initiative can now be found online (including in .pdf), including the list of signatories. I was very encouraged to see that the President of my home institution signed on. The list of signatories is worth a look. Let’s hope this might be the beginning of an erosion of the Colorado Springs consensus.