The Long-Lasting Harm of Jerry Falwell

The Long-Lasting Harm of Jerry Falwell

The so-called Moral Majority was roaring to life in the early ’80s. Its loudest mouthpiece, Jerry Falwell (the original version), was bringing his show to metro Atlanta where I served as a young campus minister. Conservative pastors and other church leaders were abuzz...

Falwell Is Back Mobilizing Christian Voters

Falwell is back. What are centrist-to-progressive people of faith going to do about his agenda of using pulpits to mobilize Christian voters? When Jerry Falwell first emerged with the Moral Majority in the late 1970s, a lot of centrist-to-progressive faith leaders...

The Clinton Family, According to Jerry Falwell

In 1994 Jerry Falwell was criticized for using his “Old Time Gospel Hour” to hawk a video called “The Clinton Chronicles.” The “documentary” was laced with outrageous insinuations claiming Bill Clinton was guilty of everything...

Jerry Falwell’s Legacy–A Politicized Faith

The death of Jerry Falwell marks a significant milestone in one of the most interesting periods in American Christian history. Falwell was the result of a particular social and religious evolution that greatly impacted faith in America. He also lived long enough to...