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Molly Worthen

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What Besieged Universities Can Learn From the Christian Resurgence

Educators can fight back against Trump’s attacks by re-embracing “old-fashioned” disciplines and ideas.

by Molly Worthen via The New Republic
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on August 11, 2025
Ralph Waldo Emerson Meets His Spirit Animal

Some Americans who have lost faith in traditional institutions are finding spirituality in this Denver church—and in themselves.

by Molly Worthen via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on September 19, 2024
Why Conservative Evangelicals Have Lined Up for Trump

It’s a match made in heaven.

by Molly Worthen via The Atlantic
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on May 1, 2017

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The American Revolution Was So Much Weirder Than You Think

Alongside the Enlightenment reason we associate with the founding there were mystics, occultists, and conspiracy theorists.

by Nicole Penn via The Bulwark on June 30, 2026

Donald Trump standing behind a podium at a campaign event with his family at his side.

It’s the Charisma, Stupid

It’s not whom you’d want to get a beer with, but whom you’d want to watch getting a beer.

by Mark Oppenheimer via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on November 6, 2024

Collage of a hand raised up toward major conservative Christian figures throughout American history.

The Evangelical Question in the History of American Religion

The disturbing conclusion might just be that evangelicalism does not exist.

by Kirsten Sanders via The Hedgehog Review on July 23, 2022

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What Is an 'Evangelical'?

The terms meaning has shifted throughout Christianity’s long history, making it difficult to define.

by Jonathan Merritt via The Atlantic on December 7, 2015

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