american religious history

Mourning the Crimes of Thanksgiving

Posted on December 2, 2013December 1, 2013 by Elizabeth Durant

We recently celebrated a Thanksgiving service in observance of the national American holiday at my church. As we sung our way through several hymns, I felt more troubled than grateful. The words to th... Read More

Justice, Osama bin Laden, and American Civil Religion

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Michael J. Altman

As I sat on my couch scanning Twitter and listening to the President describe the killing of Osama bin Laden, I realized that this was a high moment in American civil religion. Thanks to a couple coll... Read More

Not Theology, but Authority: Rob Bell and the Evangelical Institutional Establishment

Posted on March 30, 2011March 30, 2011 by Michael J. Altman

The criticism of Rob Bell’s Love Wins is not about theology. It is all about authority. In case you missed the hubbub surrounding Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins, I point you to Sara StaelyR... Read More