Strong reporting from the Christian Chronicle: christianchronicle.org/charliekirkr... They pick up my critiques of Kirk being described as a martyr and the need to wrestle with his complex legacy.

I’ve spoken to a lot of media in the last couple days. Here’s some stuff I’m quoted in: WaPo www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The Economist with really critical context. Yes, political violence is rising amongst all ideologies. But most still comes from the far-right. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

This is missing Kirk's critiques of COVID policies, promotion of Trump's Big Lie on election fraud, and his attacks on higher education as the incubator of all of society's bad ideas. He wrote a book calling college a scam. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

I continue to mourn for our nation and for the Kirk family. But this is my fear, that I'm already seeing among some Christian friends, that they are making him a martyr for Christianity to further co-opt the faith toward partisan ends. 🧵 1/10 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Charlie Kirk explaining to Dream City Church why he goes on college campuses, March 2023. He was sharing how his anti-trans talk rhetoric had heated up an event on campus, and how grateful he was to God that no one died. youtube.com/clip/UgkxFEZ...

I've been immersed in Charlie Kirk's Christian nationalist rhetoric to churches for a few years, documenting the tight rope he walked between promoting and condemning violence. I'm heartbroken that our nation is so broken that someone tried to take his life. Praying he survives.

Trump himself is attacking Christian ministries to care for the immigrant and the poor. So this means they only recognize anti-Christian bias when it's perceived conflict against conservative Christians religionnews.com/2025/09/08/t...

Why did my presentation AI think Oprah was a Civil War reporter?

Published an essay today in Religious Studies Review: "Exploring Faith’s Power to Corrupt or Uplift: The 2024Journalism Awards of the American Academy of Religion"

Great reporting from @rns.org Johnnie Moore is a Christian zionist who Pepperdine hired as vice chancellor of its Washington, D.C. program, which has a new master's in Middle Eastern studies that promises "viewpoint diversity." religionnews.com/2025/08/27/h...

Court rules against force use of King James version of Ten Commandments in some Texas schools, from @rns.org religionnews.com/2025/08/20/j...

Dobson was one of the last old guard Christian Right leaders left standing. His influence was tremendous www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Great reporting from @rns.org that documents Noem and DHS's use of scripture to recruit ICE agents ... who are being called to violate scripture in rounding up immigrants. religionnews.com/2025/08/19/h...

Fascinating round up by Time: time.com/7311354/dona...

So proud of Saylor! seaver.pepperdine.edu/newsroom/art...

I'm playing with an AI slidemaker to improve my class visuals and I just had to tell it to make Jesus brown ... and it then gave me a cartoon bobblehead version ... that was still white. Try 3 got there.

The conservative goal has always been to fully privatize education and close down public schools. I worry for the children left behind. wapo.st/45zmkbE

Jemar Tisby on how PragerU is historical propaganda open.substack.com/pub/jemartis...

Trump has trounced truth ... this is why I donate to Poynter's Politifact to show that truth still matters www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

They will never be satisfied. Liberty Counsel seeks to take away liberties of thousands to protect conscience of one religionnews.com/2025/07/30/e...

1/2 The Chronicle of Higher Ed has a DEI tracker that indicates MOST universities quietly shifted names & kept doing the work. Why? religionnews.com/2025/07/29/b...

McGill professor Brendan Szendro does a great job here showing why separation of church and state actually helps faith flourish religionnews.com/2025/07/29/w...

Evangelicals for immigration reform ... including a path to legalization evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/evangelicals...

@kkdumez.bsky.social #LovedIt kristindumez.substack.com/p/the-jesus-...?

An important — if disturbing — look at how last July's attempt on Trump's life supercharged MAGA belief that he was God's chosen candidate. When you presume God is on your side (and don't ask if you are aligned with God) any behavior can be excused wapo.st/4nLjwiT

I appreciate Esau McCaulley's prophetic voice here and his round up of how multiple Christian groups are protesting the GOP's actions on biblical grounds: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/o...

Great profile on William Barber III and his call for moral clarity against policies that harm the poor and marginalized. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Gift link to Economist's breakdown of how this abomination of a bill will impact the economy, hurt the poor and benefit the rich www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

@rns.org @bmietana.bsky.social shows that half of Americans are OK with Christian led prayers in public schools .. but support/opposition varies greatly by state religionnews.com/2025/06/23/p...

Great coverage from @rns.org and @jackjenkins.me of the religious dimensions of the Philadelphia No Kings protest.

I published my first Conversation article, looking at how the Social Gospel pursued a Christian America. Our book, "Christian America and the Kingdom of God," opens comparing the white Christian nationalism of today's Christian Right with this 19th century version theconversation.com/100-years-ag...

I will be forever grateful for Brueggemann's prophetic voice, and his call to not only critique what is, but to cast a vision for what could be.

Walter Brueggemann has died

Looking forward to deeper reporting to come here on these allegations against NAR leader/Christian nationalist promoter Sean Feucht religionnews.com/2025/06/03/f...

My co-author Richard Hughes' writes about the Trump's administration's attacks on history and efforts to enshrine what he calls "white innocence." baptistnews.com/article/the-...

New issue of @isisjournal.bsky.social has a section on "Cultural Wars at 100," which looks at, in this year the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial, evolution, creationism, education & more: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/202... #HPS #histsci #evolution

1/15 As part of my ongoing research on Christian nationalism, I finally got to attend a Freedom Night with Charlie Kirk in person Wednesday night at Dream City Church in Phoenix. Here's what I witnessed... #ChristianNationalism #PoliticsAndReligion

I have a Q&A published in the Historiography in Mass Communication today history-jmc.com/Home.html about my research

Great historical look at the role of public media in the U.S. theconversation.com/trump-and-ma...

Christian leaders protest "anti-Christian bias" task, fearing it will be "weaponized to privilege one tradition within Christianity over others, ironically creating anti-Christian bias even as it claims to combat it." cdn.prod.website-files.com/6797af6da5a0...

Excellent, deep reporting here on Oklahoma Catholic charter school case before the Supreme Court wapo.st/4489FfG

A new episode of my Seven Mountains Podcast with Pepperdine communications professor @clittlefield.bsky.social who talks about Christian Nationalism in history, flourishing from our shared reading of Miroslav Volf, and still being a reporter in spirit www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uq7...

My latest podcast interview was with @matthewboedy.bsky.social was also studies Christian nationalism and specifically Charlie Kirk, and who recently launched a podcast on the Seven Mountains Mandate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uq7...

Outstanding, long-form reporting on how the media made Trump, and now he no longer needs them. “He has now gone from just treating the press as a foil to now treating the press as an enemy that literally needs to be stomped out" — former AP reporter Ron Fournier www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Excellent look at how white Christians link anti-Christian bias and anti-white bias religionnews.com/2025/04/18/c...

Hunter Dunn is a Pepperdine senior political science major, and he's a key spokesperson for the 50501 protest movement. I'm proud to know him. He gives me hope in the future. wapo.st/3GehWEZ

B.T. Irwin interviewed me for the Christian Chronicle podcast about Christian nationalism and the Churches of Christ, based on my book update with Richard T. Hughes, "Christian America and the Kingdom of God" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Outstanding, deep reporting from Henry Adams and the Pepperdine Graphic on Jungian Pop Psychologist Jordan Peterson's visit to Pepperdine pepperdine-graphic.com/pepperdine-h...