The Christian Right (And Wrong)

Publ ic intellectuals enjoy writing obituaries. Less interested in literal death, many instead love to play both coroner and graveside minister to movements. En vogue obit industries declare, examine, and pontificate on the death of, among others, two movements: Modern Conservatism and Evangelicalism. It is no coincidence that these movements receive post-mortems in 2020 America. Both now are seen as failures by large swaths of right-leaning pundits: Modern Conservatism failed to limit government’s expansion or the Sexual Revolution’s march, and Evangelicals failed to sustain Protestantism’s orthodoxy or expand the number of its adherents. Read Full Article »