Evangelicals in Civic Life

EPPC’s Evangelicals in Civic Life program researches the role the evangelical community plays in American politics and public life. This program explores the civic and political activities of evangelicals, taking a look at the broad array of organizations and leaders as well as bringing evangelical leaders together to discuss more effective civic involvement.

The program is directed by EPPC Fellow Andrew Walker, who is joined in his work on the project by EPPC Fellow Carl R. Trueman, EPPC Fellow Brad Littlejohn, and EPPC Postdoctoral Fellow Nathanael Blake.

Program Publications

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‘Soul by Soul’ Review: Men and Women on a Mission

Carl R. Trueman

Christian missionaries in the Middle East leave behind comparative affluence to spread the Gospel in a frequently hostile climate.

Articles

Wall Street Journal / May 2, 2024

What the Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Are Really About

Carl R. Trueman

This exaltation of youth is simultaneously the exaltation of ignorance and incompetence.

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First Things / May 2, 2024

Elite universities are beyond repair

Andrew T. Walker

When America’s most elite credentialing institutions have fallen, a bleak future is on the horizon.

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WORLD Opinions / May 1, 2024

Culturally respectable racism

Carl R. Trueman

Why aren’t pundits who bashed evangelicals as racists more vocal about rampant anti-Semitism on the left?

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WORLD Opinions / April 29, 2024

The Gateway Drug to Post-Christian Paganism

Carl R. Trueman

One of the striking lacunae on both the right and left wings of the Christian political spectrum is the general absence of any reference to the transcendence of God and the supernatural nature of the church.

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First Things / April 18, 2024

Strangling For Sexual Sport Is Exactly The Kind Of Thing We Should ‘Kink-Shame’

Nathanael Blake

If sexual liberation can’t even provide good sex, then what possible reason is there to keep pursuing it?

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The Federalist / April 18, 2024

The Wax Nose of Neighbor Love

Andrew T. Walker

Loving one’s neighbor is a moral imperative. How best to do so, however, is more complex than just recklessly citing this principle as immediate justification. All my point amounts to is a plea for caution.

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Public Discourse / April 15, 2024

Program Media

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Mary FioRito Discusses the End of Cultural Christianity

EDIFY Podcast / March 15, 2024

Andrew T. Walker Discusses Social Conservatism for the Common Good

Guilt Grace Gratitude Podcast / December 28, 2023

Brad Littlejohn on Why Protestants Convert to Catholicism

The Aaron Renn Show / December 11, 2023

Nathanael Blake on A Risk Worth Taking

WORLD Radio / November 28, 2023

Carl Trueman: “The Desecration of Man”

First Things / October 31, 2023

Andrew Walker on Baptist Political Theology

Theology for the Church / October 30, 2023

Andrew T. Walker on Christian Nationalism

Christ Over All / October 25, 2023