All three books emphasize the pervading sense of white superiority common to our ancestors in the white world, and following their descendants into the “New World”
C.S. Lewis and the Kavanaugh nomination
After watching last week’s hearing, which of the two, Blesey Ford or Kavanaugh, strikes you as the most reliable? I mean, which is the most truthful?
Jimmy Carter’s Third-Way Religion
Ultimately, Jimmy proved to be too good for either the White House or his beloved Southern Baptist Convention. But he was never too good; just a little better than the rest of us. He was of our tribe.
My Close Encounter with Southern Baptist Hell
While I was a student in the late 1970s, the subject of hell never came up in class unless Bill Leonard was discussing Jonathan Edwards’ infamous sermon, “Sinners in the hands of an angry God.” My professors couldn’t talk about the Southern Baptist hell, while their critics spoke of little else. It was never a fair fight.
Dancing with demagogues: How preachers, presidents and prosecutors manipulate fear
When you are addicted to pretty lies, you will do anything for the next fix.
Curtis Flowers after “In the Dark”
From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger to the New Yorker, to Mother Jones, to the Nation, to the National Review and the New York Times, everybody’s talking about Curtis Flowers. All the ruckus results from In the Dark, an APM podcast that recently devoted eleven groundbreaking, hour-long episodes to the flawed … Continue reading Curtis Flowers after “In the Dark”
Dwelling in a land of disbelief: My University Years
University should be about learning how much you don’t know. That was certainly my experience.
