Jesse Curtis
@jessecurtis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History, Valparaiso University.
Author of The Myth of Colorblind Christians.
Working on new book on evangelical childhood.
Author of The Myth of Colorblind Christians.
Working on new book on evangelical childhood.
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.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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.
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.
June 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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.
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!
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
www.amazon.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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!
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.
April 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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.
Cheesy patriotism is good. And so is applied theology.
April 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cheesy patriotism is good. And so is applied theology.
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?
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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?
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).
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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).
In which I resume my part in the evangelical definition wars.
Is Evangelicalism Really A Political Movement At Its Heart?
Beware exchanging one simplification for another
open.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In which I resume my part in the evangelical definition wars.
I may not be interested in the evangelical definition wars, but the evangelical definition wars are interested in me. I accept my fate.
March 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I may not be interested in the evangelical definition wars, but the evangelical definition wars are interested in me. I accept my fate.
How Did We Get Here?
The anti-democracy tradition strikes again
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
