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The problem with the evangelical elite is that there isn’t one. All too few evangelical Christians hold senior positions in the ­culture-shap­ing domains of American ­society. Evangelicals don’t run...

Christian Smith, a sociologist at Notre Dame, has a knack for turning academic research ­into books that resonate beyond the ivory tower. The concept of “moralistic therapeutic ­deism”...

Aaron Renn, author of the widely discussed “Three Worlds of American Evangelicalism” essay, responds to criticisms of his essay and proffers a vision for the evangelical church going forward. In...

Aaron Renn, author of the widely discussed “Three Worlds of American Evangelicalism” essay, responds to criticisms of his essay and examines the development of evangelicalism over the past seventy years....

Judgment begins with the household of God. Evangelicals have frequently pointed out the sins of the world. But they have not yet addressed their own serious internal failings. The...

In the mid-2010s, America entered what I call the “negative world.” What this means is that for the first time in the 400-year history of the United States, elite...

American evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism, particularly around race and immigration, accusing others of failing to reckon with the...