I’m pleased to present this pictorial essay by Lisa Weaver Swartz, a sociologist of religion and visual culture. We returned yesterday from Lynchburg, Virginia, home of Liberty University and the site of the progressive evangelical Red Letter Revival held this past weekend. I invite you to return to the Anxious Bench tomorrow for a narrative analysis of our experiences at the revival and during a three-hour campus tour of Liberty. –David
A smallish crowd of 350 at the opening service of the Red Letter Revival
Micah Bournes “fighting evil with poetry”Of the 18 persons on stage Friday night, only two were white men.
A bust of Thomas Jefferson in the Liberty University visitor centerVideo footage playing in the visitor center of Donald Trump speaking at the 2017 commencement
A model dorm roomWednesday: “Stand with Israel Club meeting”The [Tim] LaHaye Recreation and Fitness CenterA poster advertising Title IX resources on campusDorm 22: Where Kevin Roose, author of The Unlikely Disciple, lived during his semester at LibertyAn old section of campusA glimpse of a newer section of campus, most of which has been built in the last five yearsA portrait of Jerry Falwell just outside the Jerry Falwell Museum. He holds a Bible in his right hand and building plans for Liberty in his left hand.The Vines Center, where preparations were underway for a TobyMac concert Saturday evening. Convocation is held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:30 a.m. Rachael Denhollander, the former gymnast who spoke out against sexual abuse by Larry Nassar and Sovereign Grace Ministries, was the convocation speaker on Monday.A computer lab in DeMoss Hall
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