Experiments in Defining the ”Spiritual But Not Religious”
Like all too many aspects of polling about religions and secularisms, the discourse about "spiritual" is largely broken. It registers...
Apr 30, 20209 min read
The Melting of a Glacier Matters Even If It's Still Very Cold: Evangelicals and Trump
NOTE ON A NEW VERSION, NOVEMBER 2026: Although an earlier version of this now-much-revised article appeared in 2019 during a debate about Donald Trump's first impeachment, and at that time it called back to related debates in 2008, it has continuing relevance. Today I return to it in the context of the 2026 midterms which tend to support my long-running argument. Much has changed in the evangelical world since 2008, but there is significant continuity too. For today's occasi
Jan 2, 202012 min read