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 includes the work of EPPC fellows Andrew Walker, Carl R. Trueman and Nathanael Blake.

Program Publications

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Berlin and the Contradictions of Identity Politics

Carl R. Trueman

On July 25, twenty-one-year-old Abdul Ballout drove a van into a crowd at Berlin’s Pride festival before stabbing attendees with…

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First Things / July 30, 2026

The right-wing gaze

Andrew Walker

Ben Sasse is dying of pancreatic cancer, which leaves him no longer sensing the need for anyone’s approval. Let me…

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WORLD / July 17, 2026

The Marxist Who Understood Sex Better than the UMC

Carl R. Trueman

The United Methodist Church (UMC) has removed Asbury Theological Seminary from its list of institutions approved to train its ministers. Hardly a…

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First Things / July 16, 2026

The imperial libertines: Passengers on a gay cruise ship try and fail to spread Western…

Carl R. Trueman

Is Western imperialism alive and well? It would seem so. Turkey and Egypt recently refused to allow a cruise ship to dock…

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WORLD / July 16, 2026

The darkest of dark ages

Carl R. Trueman

For any wishing to see where the West’s culture of assisted death is heading, Canada and the Netherlands have long…

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WORLD / July 7, 2026

No Faith Worth Defending

Carl R. Trueman

Buckingham Palace has updated the official description of the monarch’s role vis-à-vis the Church of England. No longer is the…

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First Things / July 2, 2026

The Bible and basic civics

Andrew Walker

America cannot be understood apart from the Bible. At virtually every turn in American history, there is a reference or…

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WORLD / June 29, 2026