WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics

Research & teaching center @WashU focused on the many intersections of religion and U.S. politics.

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

At exactly 2:22 a.m., on a random Monday morning in February 2025, God asked Ché Ahn to do the seemingly impossible: run for governor of California as a Republican.

Kimberly Winston on Ahn's gubernatorial mission.
https://t.co/Qps1sGpQT3

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

The Center's @ryanburge talks to @HeidiSchlumpf for @commonwealmag on the future for Catholic liberals, the tribalism of American religion, and more from his recent book. https://t.co/3PzVo0waxP

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

"Just as we have become a formidable demographic chunk of American society, the very principles of secularism that we cherish, and which serve to protect us, are being undone."

Phil Zuckerman on being secular in Trump's America
https://t.co/5GJPhPEuBF

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

The recording of Danielle Allen's talk "The Declaration of Independence Today: Why an Old Text Still Serves Us Now" is available on our YouTube channel & web site (https://t.co/QpV4DpjcRf).
https://t.co/wnZBc3oEha

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

Candace Owens frequently references obscure figures in Jewish history. Why is Owens fixated on these mostly-forgotten figures in Jewish history? How did she even find out about them?

@jaymichaelson discusses the origins of Owens's antisemitism
https://t.co/cZBFnyBsiF

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

On 6/18, Marie Griffith will participate in Nassau Presbyterian Church's 5-lecture Samuel Adams Herr Series to mark the 250th anniversary of the nation’s birth and the unique role Presbyterians played in moving NJ from indifference to independence. More:
https://t.co/VOc6mnscqD

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

Delighted to announce Carlos Ruiz Martinez will join the Center as a Postdoctoral Fellow this summer! Read all about it:
https://t.co/s4qxrKbgVb

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

The recording of Professor Michael Hoberman's talk on Monday, April 13 "Imagining Early American Jews" is now available on our YouTube channel and our website (https://t.co/QpV4DpjcRf).
https://t.co/4scYrOYJxb

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

"Susan Cheever pays a lot of attention to how her father cadged from the family for his stories, and in so doing blurred the line between life and fiction."

Rand Richards Cooper reviews Susan Cheever's new book on the life and work of her father.
https://t.co/l8usJmgg3b

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

Why is momentum building for startup liberal arts colleges now? How can they help us understand what education is for?

Matthew J. Smith on the quiet surge of alternative micro-colleges.
https://t.co/fVQXUmr7MG

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

The recording of Prof Fannie Bialek's (@fanniebialek) book talk with Prof Eddie Glaude Jr. (@esglaude) on his new book "America, U.S.A: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries" is now available on our YouTube channel & web (https://t.co/QpV4DpjcRf).
https://t.co/ltMCqqa6PM

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

She earned a MacArthur Genius Grant, won the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities & social sciences, & is the person of whom the @chronicle of Higher Ed asked "Can Danielle Allen Save Academe From Itself?" This Thurs 4/16 at 7p at WashU! https://t.co/TukTQ1WWnu

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

Join us today at WashU for "Imagining Early American Jews" - free and open to all! 4:30pm in Umrath Lounge. More info at https://t.co/SKpNTO2dIr

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

Why has romantasy become such a powerful force in fiction?

Louise McCray suggests that the controversy over its explicit content misses the real issue: the genre's appeal lies in its vision of the self.
https://t.co/ENu6bDxE7X

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

Join us in Emerson Auditorium this Thursday (4/9) for a book talk with Eddie Glaude Jr. Registration info at https://t.co/2HFL2p8Gw2.

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

The video of last week's panel discussion "Remodeling Minority: Asian American Religion and Politics Reconsidered" is now available on our YouTube channel and on our website at https://t.co/QpV4DpjcRf. Great conversation!
https://t.co/rxixthICdz

[Stu Halpern @StuHalpern]

When Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, which was both Good Friday and the fifth day of Passover, both Christian and Jewish religious leaders connected the tragedy to the tenth plague of Exodus. My latest in @ReligPolitics https://t.co/wZyIlQu9yb

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

"During the Western Christian Holy Week of 2026, how might churchgoers reckon with menacing forms of Christian-ish Americana, from sea to shining sea?"
Amy Laura Hall on the TV shows that offer clearer views of American Christianity than any pundit:
https://t.co/YiHDueTc4O

[Arc Magazine @ReligPolitics]

"A sharp, vulnerable, and occasionally cranky spirit cuts through each chapter as the author sifts the viscera of pain."

Tom Gogola on author Darcey Steinke's new book "This Is the Door: The Body, Pain, and Faith"
https://t.co/65Q5o16yYG

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

"If we are to restore the republican form of government our founders gave us, it will be the work of ordinary citizens to make it so." - Sen. John C. Danforth writes in today's @stltoday
https://t.co/fI1wh2q0bZ