Protestantism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
We Were Jesus Freaks
”Hey you, I’m into Jesus,” I sang, driving to school in my 1988 Buick Park Avenue, the…
Anglican Imaginary
I have long thought that the Great Litany of the Book of Common Prayer represents most fully…
Goodbye “Big Eva,” Hello “Gig Eva”
Many years ago, I coined the term “Big Eva.” While today the term is used as a…
Lessons from Luther and Newman
Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of…
Sarah Mullally and Reforming the Anglican Communion
The Church of England has announced the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.…
Enjoyably Evangelical
Not many people need to write an autobiography—especially not philosophy professors. Not many people who take the…
Protestants Against the Pill
Ben Jefferies is an Anglican priest who says he knows that one of his parishioners throws away…
Dare to Be a Dobson
Jerry Falwell. R. C. Sproul. John MacArthur. And now James Dobson. Over the last twenty years, death…
More and More and More
Thomas More: A Lifeby joanne paulpegasus books, 624 pages, $39.95 Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey…
Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma
Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…
The Waxing and Waning of Christian Zionism
From the publication of Hal Lindsey’s Late Great Planet Earth (1970) to the end of Tim LaHaye…
The Death of Mainline Protestantism
If Ernest Hemingway were to interview American mainline Protestantism in 2025, the conversation would go something like…
Ecumenical Fear and Loathing
Once upon a time, there was a culture that was split into two bitterly opposed parties. They…
A Straight Line to the Pulpit: The Legacy of John MacArthur
In the middle of the twentieth century, with suburbs and churches exploding with intensity, novelist Peter De…
The Genius of American Christianity
Chesterton was half-right: America is a “nation with the soul of a church.” The other half of…
