For those who are willing and able to do so, this would be an excellent time to support this site and my writing by making a donation at www.paypal.me/SlacktivistFred. PayPal uses my Official First Name on that page, but yes, that’s me. George Thomas Seaver and George Orson Welles didn’t go by their first names either. (The $0.00 figure there is just a placeholder where you can type in a donation of any size. Not intended as a suggested amount.)... Read more
Bethesda Academy -- originally an orphanage founded by George Whitefield -- has a long, fascinating history. But everyone seems to skip the most interesting part. Plus: More on The Stormtroopers; Mitt Romney's innovation; and the long march of the Rocky Mountain camels. Read more
"Did this really happen?" isn't the only, or the most important, question for understanding what a story means. Also: Christian cryptocurrency; team-jersey tribalism; Sears-catalog houses; and a Southern Baptist haunting. Read more
Steve Strang is basically the American Pope of Independent Network Charismatics, and he's giving his papal imprimatur to The Storm. So now we have tens of millions of American Christians taking their spiritual guidance from 8chan. Read more
Some Tuesday morning thoughts and links, including: Churches avoiding poor communities; some bullies are also victims; two young Robert Redfords; and a classic from the late, great Pat DiNizio. Read more
"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." Read more
The same question silently accompanies every racist, misogynist, or homophobic "joke," every disparaging generalization. It is the constant, perpetual question exchanged among bigots: Don't you agree? Read more
Sarah Stillman on "When Deportation Is a Death Sentence;" Mukul Kesavan on murderous majoritarianism; Amy Sullivan on "Fox Evangelicals;" Tom Fuerst on preaching the gospel; and a very short true story. Read more
And the crowds asked him, "What then should we do?" In reply he said to them, "Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise." Read more
The missionaries being supported by white evangelicalism are no longer, themselves, white evangelicals. Missionaries have, in a very real sense, converted to a different religion from that of the churches supporting their work. Read more
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