by Randall Balmer | Aug 15, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Cards on the table. I’ve had a long and, well, uneven relationship with Christianity Today (CT), generally regarded as the flagship magazine of white evangelicalism. Founded by Billy Graham in 1956 as a response to Christian Century, Christianity Today aspired to be...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 13, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Author’s Note: A deeper dive into this subject will appear in the next issue of Nurturing Faith Journal. Arguably, the “lead actor” (or character) in the new documentary series “Shiny Happy People” is no one in the expansive Duggar family, known for their long-running...
by Randall Balmer | May 23, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
When I headed to graduate school in the summer of 1980, my aspiration was someday to teach at a Christian liberal arts school. With recent developments at several evangelical colleges, I see now how precarious that path would have been. I had been profoundly shaped by...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 22, 2023 | Feature-, News
Support for vaccinations for children attending public schools has declined in recent years, according to a Pew Research Center report published May 16. While 70% of adults agree that “healthy children should be required to be vaccinated to attend public schools...
by Randall Balmer | Apr 26, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The question, I confess, caught me off-balance. I was in California recently to give the Castelfranco Lecture at the University of California, Davis. During lunch before the event with a small group of colleagues, I fell into conversation with a graduate student who...
