RELIGION AND STATE BY BRUCE T. GOURLEY
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Creator and owner, Wall of Separation (www.wallofseparation.us), an online collection of articles about Religion and State issues in the United States.
“Presidents and Religion” series, Nurturing Faith Journal (2016-2022)
“Armed, Angry and Apocalyptic: Christian Nationalism and the U.S. Military,” Church & State magazine, January 2025. Read the Article.
“Plutocratic Theocracy: How an Alliance of Extremists is Working to Remake American Society,” Church & State magazine, December 2024. Read the Article.
“Authentic Dialogue: Having Constructive Conversations with Christian Nationalists,” Church & State magazine, November 2024. Read the Article.
“From Colonial Massachusetts to Today: A Brief History of the Parental Rights Movement,” Church & State magazine, October 2024. Read the Article.
“Supreme Theocrats: Christian Nationalists on the Nation’s Highest Court,” September 2024. Read the Article.
“Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025,” Church & State magazine, July/August 2024. Read the Article.
“Will the Real Theocrats Please Stand Up?” Church & State magazine, May 2017, pp. 20-21. Read the article.
“What Lies Within: Post-Truth Evangelical Christianity.” Christian Ethics Today, Winter 2017. Read the article.
“American Christianity’s Struggle to Embrace Freedom, Inclusion.” Nurturing Faith Journal, March-April 2017, pp. 48-50.
“Myth and Reality: Mormon Narratives Facing New Light.” Nurturing Faith Journal, November-December 2016, pp. 40-43.
“John Clarke (1609-1676), Global Shaper of Religious Freedom,” in Witnesses to the Baptist Heritage: Thirty Baptists Every Christian Should Know. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2016. 240 pages. More information.
“Politicized Prayer: National Day of Prayer Has Roots in Anti-Communist Fears.” Nurturing Faith Journal, May-June 2016, pp. 16-17.
“The Scourge of White Christian Supremacy.” Christian Ethics Today, Winter 2016, pp. 4-6. Read the article.
Crucible of Faith and Freedom: Baptists and the American Civil War. Macon, Ga.: Nurturing Faith, 2015. 132 pages. More information. Review in The Journal of Southern Religion.
“Yes, the Civil War Was About Slavery.” Christian Ethics Today, Summer 2015, pp. 11-13. Read the article.
“The Great Unraveling.” Church & State Journal, July / August 2014. Read the article.
“Why do Most White Baptists Vote Republican, and Most Black Baptists Vote Democrat?” Baptists Today, October 2012, 14-15.
“A New American God: Eight Decades in the Making” Ten-Part Series. Baptist Studies Bulletin, Feb-July 2012. Read the articles: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten
Diverging Loyalties: Baptists in Middle Georgia During the Civil War. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2011. 274 pages. More information.
A Capsule History of Baptists. Atlanta, Ga.: BH&HS, 2010. 128 pages. More information.
“Old Wines in New Wineskins: The First Amendment and the Internet.” Baptist History and Heritage Journal, Summer/Fall 2008.