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CURRENT (CurrentPub.Com) is an online journal of commentary and opinion providing daily reflections on contemporary ideas, culture, and politics.
Even Lamar can’t defeat the Super Bowl. Check out Daniel Hummel's piece "The Halftime Show that Had No Chance": currentpub.com/2025/02/18/t...
The Halftime Show that Had No Chance
Even Lamar can’t defeat the Super Bowl
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February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Even Lamar can’t defeat the Super Bowl. Check out Daniel Hummel's piece "The Halftime Show that Had No Chance": currentpub.com/2025/02/18/t...
"Still, the sad reality is that while the mantra 'small is beautiful' resonates with so many, and Current did (and is still doing, until April 4th!) truly beautiful work, small things are much more fragile than bigger ones." currentpub.com/2025/02/15/g...
Glorious ruins: on fragility of magazines and other institutions
If little magazines are a public good, how do we ensure their continued existence?
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February 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Still, the sad reality is that while the mantra 'small is beautiful' resonates with so many, and Current did (and is still doing, until April 4th!) truly beautiful work, small things are much more fragile than bigger ones." currentpub.com/2025/02/15/g...
Nadya Williams blesses unicorns: currentpub.com/2025/02/14/b...
Blessing of Unicorns: Looking back, part I
Looking back with gratitude
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February 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Nadya Williams blesses unicorns: currentpub.com/2025/02/14/b...
"I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that’s the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up–either religious or social laws–become meaningless. Things just get really dark." currentpub.com/2025/02/14/c...
Commonplace Book #337
I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up--either religious or
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February 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that’s the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up–either religious or social laws–become meaningless. Things just get really dark." currentpub.com/2025/02/14/c...
Love's complexities endure--and love does, too. currentpub.com/2025/02/14/a...
A Symposium on Love
Love’s complexities endure–and love does, too
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February 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Love's complexities endure--and love does, too. currentpub.com/2025/02/14/a...
MAGA evangelicals need to invent controversies so they have something to talk about. currentpub.com/2025/02/12/w...
Why are conservative evangelicals attacking the "He Gets Us" Super Bowl ad?
As I wrote yesterday, MAGA evangelicals need to invent controversies so they have something to talk about. They thrive on outrage. "Likes" and reposts
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February 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
MAGA evangelicals need to invent controversies so they have something to talk about. currentpub.com/2025/02/12/w...
When religious nationalism becomes a religion of nationalism. Check out Robert Tracy McKenzie's review of Richard Carwardine's *Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union*: currentpub.com/2025/02/12/r...
REVIEW: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union
When religious nationalism becomes a religion of nationalism
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February 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
When religious nationalism becomes a religion of nationalism. Check out Robert Tracy McKenzie's review of Richard Carwardine's *Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union*: currentpub.com/2025/02/12/r...
As we close up shop here a Current, we invite you to explore what we’ve done over the past four years. No more paywall! currentpub.com/2025/02/11/e...
Enjoy full access to CURRENT
As we close up shop here a Current, we invite you to explore what we've done over the past four years. No more paywall! Non-members now have access to:
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February 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As we close up shop here a Current, we invite you to explore what we’ve done over the past four years. No more paywall! currentpub.com/2025/02/11/e...
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My review of FLOW is out today in @currentpub.bsky.social. I loved this beautiful movie and am so glad I got to write about it.
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No Cat Is an Island
In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own
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February 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My review of FLOW is out today in @currentpub.bsky.social. I loved this beautiful movie and am so glad I got to write about it.
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I learned this news yesterday pm myself: @currentpub.bsky.social's final day of publication will be April 4th--the 4th anni of launch. Words cannot express what an honor this has been to work with kind mentors, cherished friends, and incredible writers and readers.
February 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I learned this news yesterday pm myself: @currentpub.bsky.social's final day of publication will be April 4th--the 4th anni of launch. Words cannot express what an honor this has been to work with kind mentors, cherished friends, and incredible writers and readers.
We will publish until April 4: currentpub.com/2025/02/11/o...
On the end of CURRENT
Today the founders of Current sent an email to our members. Here is a taste of that email: Dear Current Members, We are writing today with some sad news.
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February 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We will publish until April 4: currentpub.com/2025/02/11/o...
As someone recently wrote on my Facebook author’s page: “…the shocking thing about this era is how much [Trump’s] Christian followers have become more like him instead of them converting him.” currentpub.com/2025/02/10/m...
MAGA sets its sights on Wheaton College
Have you heard about this dustup? Read Kathryn Post's piece at Religion News Service. Here is a taste: On Friday (Feb. 7), Wheaton College, the
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February 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As someone recently wrote on my Facebook author’s page: “…the shocking thing about this era is how much [Trump’s] Christian followers have become more like him instead of them converting him.” currentpub.com/2025/02/10/m...
In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own. Check out Amanda McCrina's piece, "No Cat Is An Island": currentpub.com/2025/02/11/n...
No Cat Is an Island
In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own
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February 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own. Check out Amanda McCrina's piece, "No Cat Is An Island": currentpub.com/2025/02/11/n...
"...this conceptualization has also been used to portray unwanted immigrant groups throughout American history as God’s enemies—as the plagued, idolatrous, sexually immoral, and criminal in the Book of Revelation." currentpub.com/2025/02/10/t...
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February 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"...this conceptualization has also been used to portray unwanted immigrant groups throughout American history as God’s enemies—as the plagued, idolatrous, sexually immoral, and criminal in the Book of Revelation." currentpub.com/2025/02/10/t...
The Christian Right could have traveled a different way in 1998. There were options--evangelical options--for thinking about political engagements in a different way. It chose not to take these roads: currentpub.com/2025/02/10/r...
Roads Not Taken: Evangelicals and Politics, 1998-2006
Here is a taste of a lecture I gave last week at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio:
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February 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Christian Right could have traveled a different way in 1998. There were options--evangelical options--for thinking about political engagements in a different way. It chose not to take these roads: currentpub.com/2025/02/10/r...
Does listening to audio books count as “reading”? A roundup of views: currentpub.com/2025/02/10/d...
Does listening to audio books count as “reading”? A roundup of views
It's complicated.
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February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Does listening to audio books count as “reading”? A roundup of views: currentpub.com/2025/02/10/d...
I am not denying climate change. I am skeptical that we know how to fix it. Check out Jim Cullen's piece "Denying Denialism": currentpub.com/2025/02/10/d...
Denying Denialism
I am not denying climate change. I am skeptical that we know how to fix it.
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February 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I am not denying climate change. I am skeptical that we know how to fix it. Check out Jim Cullen's piece "Denying Denialism": currentpub.com/2025/02/10/d...
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for they will get an executive order.” currentpub.com/2025/02/07/b...
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for they will get an executive order."
The day after Trump's inauguration, the president attended an interfaith service at the National Cathedral. During the sermon, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
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February 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for they will get an executive order.” currentpub.com/2025/02/07/b...
Interview: Anne Perez on Understanding Zionism: currentpub.com/2025/02/07/i...
Interview: Anne Perez on Understanding Zionism
"Zionism has never been and is not one thing."
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February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Interview: Anne Perez on Understanding Zionism: currentpub.com/2025/02/07/i...
Chesterton’s ‘The Everlasting Man’ is one hundred years young. Check out Tim Larsen's reflection: currentpub.com/2025/02/07/t...
The Full-Bodied Apologist
Chesterton’s ‘The Everlasting Man’ is one hundred years young
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February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Chesterton’s ‘The Everlasting Man’ is one hundred years young. Check out Tim Larsen's reflection: currentpub.com/2025/02/07/t...
Over the next 22 weeks, CURRENT is grateful to serialize Marvin Olasky’s memoir, *Pivot Points: Adventures on the Road to Christian Contentment*. Thanks to P&R Publishing for its permission to serialize the book. You can read a chapter here every Thursday. currentpub.com/2025/02/06/p...
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February 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Over the next 22 weeks, CURRENT is grateful to serialize Marvin Olasky’s memoir, *Pivot Points: Adventures on the Road to Christian Contentment*. Thanks to P&R Publishing for its permission to serialize the book. You can read a chapter here every Thursday. currentpub.com/2025/02/06/p...
In her new novel, Jamie Quatro turns against facsimile for the sake of reality itself. Check out Paul Luikart's review of Quatro's *Two-Step Devil*: currentpub.com/2025/02/06/r...
REVIEW: Two-Step Devil
In her new novel, Jamie Quatro turns against facsimile for the sake of reality itself
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February 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In her new novel, Jamie Quatro turns against facsimile for the sake of reality itself. Check out Paul Luikart's review of Quatro's *Two-Step Devil*: currentpub.com/2025/02/06/r...
Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on ‘Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present’ currentpub.com/2025/02/05/i...
Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on 'Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present'
"I wanted to center the book on the history of Christianity as believed and lived by everyday pastors, Christians, and churches."
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February 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on ‘Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present’ currentpub.com/2025/02/05/i...