Last week, Roy S. Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, ruled that his state’s probate judges must enforce Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage. Moore, who first rose to national fame for…
Randall J. Stephens
Randall J. Stephens is a Reader in History and American Studies at Northumbria University. He is the author of The Fire Spreads: Holiness and
A major subset of modern evangelical Christianity characterized by a strong belief in “gifts of the spirit,” such as speaking in tongues, prophesy, the discernment of spirits, and faith healing.
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in the American South (Harvard University Press, 2008; 2010). He also wrote, with Karl Giberson, The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a
A neutral term used to describe someone or something, such as in law, as non-religious in character.
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Age (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011). He’s currently working on a book titled The Devil’s Music: Christianity and Rock since the 1950s (under contract, Harvard University Press). In 2012 he was a Fulbright Roving Scholar in Norway. He has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times, Salon, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
