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Assistant Professor of History, Valparaiso University. Author of The Myth of Colorblind Christians. Working on new book on evangelical childhood.

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In Dream Count, Chimamanda Adichie Reminds Us Of What Makes Her Voice Unique A novelist to make nearly everyone uncomfortable
24.07.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think anything else has accomplished this. Some of the other things that have been tried ("fascist" etc) don't even do any of those 3 things well, much less all of them

14.06.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This "no kings" branding is excellent propaganda and I hope it becomes ubiquitous and sustaining. Finally an incredibly simple phrase that simultaneously a) identifies the threat, b) locates it inside the American tradition, and c) intuitively places the protestors on the side of patriotism.

14.06.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure US military people are paying attention to the drone revolution but I can't help but think that if/when the US is in a major war there will be some early "British battleships off Malaya" scenarios.

02.06.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marking Native Borders: Indigenous Geography and American Empire in the Early Tennessee Country Amazon.com: Marking Native Borders: Indigenous Geography and American Empire in the Early Tennessee Country: 9780806195414: Kelley, Lucas P.: Libros

It's new book week for my colleague Lucas Kelley -- check it out! A fascinating study of how Native nations used borders to maintain sovereignty and resist white encroachment. Ask your local library to get it!

29.05.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Native American History Matters Now A conversation with Dr. Lucas Kelley
29.05.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Traditional Religion Obsolete? Some thoughts on Christian Smith's new book.
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The Most Corrupt President in American History A few theories on why so many Americans are ok with it.
23.05.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Kids Thirst for Malcolm! College students want to learn the stuff high school didn't teach them.
07.05.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Is Extremely Unpopular We shouldn't bury the good news.
02.05.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You Are Not Enough There, I said it.
30.04.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is in the running for the most unconscious statement I've ever seen in my life. An astonishingly ironic and cutting conclusion to this article, and the reporters didn't have to say a thing.

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Cheesy patriotism is good. And so is applied theology.

05.04.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Goal Is the Destruction of Civil Society Lots of dictatorships have done it, and now Trump is trying the same old move.
22.03.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm looking for a home for a review essay of Timothy Egan's Fever in the Heartland, put in the context of the relevance of the 1920s Klan today, and popular history interacting with academic history. I'd rather not just put it on my substack. Any ideas?

12.03.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've showed two freshman classes the speech that got Eugene Debs arrested during WW1 and overall a majority of students thought it was right for him to go to prison for his speech! 😬 (seems relevant right now).

12.03.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Evangelicalism Really A Political Movement At Its Heart? Beware exchanging one simplification for another

In which I resume my part in the evangelical definition wars.

05.03.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I may not be interested in the evangelical definition wars, but the evangelical definition wars are interested in me. I accept my fate.

05.03.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Is Not Interested In Efficiency or Cost-Cutting News organizations shouldn't use these terms as neutral descriptions of the administration's policy
04.03.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Big Surprise So Far: The New Imperialism Most of Trump's moves were telegraphed in advance, but this one is different
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From Guess Who's Coming to Dinner to Shaft What a difference 4 years makes!
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Trump’s Familiar Transnational Defense of White Civilization Support for Afrikaner Dominance Has Deep Roots in American Conservatism
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We Will Re-Found the Republic If We Have To American democracy is more like a technology than a scarce commodity.
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How Did We Get Here? The anti-democracy tradition strikes again
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Why American Liberals Are A Little Bit Like Charles de Gaulle From the department of implausible historical analogies.
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Talking Moody Bible Institute & Christian Colorblindness with "The Beached White Male." Ken Kemp and I have a surprising connection.
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Fail Safe Still Hits Hard 60 Years Later This Cold War nuclear thriller is surprisingly relevant now
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Teaching History Between Presentism & Escapism My job is not to cover the headlines...but the headlines really matter!
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