Evangelicals Lose Bush?

After Bush’s recent interview on Nightline, media networks have creating hype around the fact that Bush made several comments relating to the Bible that wouldn’t jive with most evangelicals.  (I’m sorry friends–it was on Fox News, so it must be true! ;o)  In fact, according to some definitions of an evangelical, Bush is officially outside [...]

Christmas Carols

I tend to be a “humbug!” sort of person when it comes to Christmas music due to its annual repetitions, but the past two years, I have paused, at least for a moment, to listen to the lyrics of the songs played in every shop and restaurant across America during this month.
Last year, I was [...]

What stories do evangelicals tell?

Can evangelicals become known as those who tell the story of Jesus Christ and the kingdom of God, those who tell good news?
In American Cultural Studies the authors Campbell and Kean study American culture largely by analyzing texts. They go beyond the national canon of novels, short stories, and poems that are included in high [...]

Evangelical Politics in the South

“This is a diverse state. If you get in your car in downtown Raleigh you can be in the equivalent of Silicon Valley in 20 minutes, feel as if you are in Alabama in 25 minutes, and get a sense of Berkeley in 30 minutes. You don’t have to leave the state to find places [...]