The State of Evangelical America: A Short Interview
Tish Harrison Warren reflects on Russell Moore’s significant influence within the evangelical community, noting his prominent role as a critic of the Trump presidency and his previous position as president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Now serving as the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, described by The New York Times as “arguably the most influential Christian publication” in the U.S., Moore continues to shape the evangelical discourse. In a recent conversation, Warren explored Moore’s perspectives on the future of evangelicalism and his new book, Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America, which calls for a reformation within the movement.
The entire interview is accesible through the New York Times.
Christian nationalism is the use of Christian symbols or teachings in order to prop up a nation-state or an ethnic identity. It’s dangerous for the nation because it’s fundamentally antidemocratic. Christian nationalism takes a political claim and seeks to make it ultimate. It says: If a person disagrees with me, that person is disagreeing with God. No democratic nation can survive that, which is why the founders of this country built in all kinds of protections from it.
Russell Moore
About Tish Harrison Warren
Tish is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of the award-winning books Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep. Her articles and essays have appeared in Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. For over a decade, Tish has worked in ministry settings as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum.
