Tag: George Yancey
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Politicized Christians, Symbolic Hostility, and an Israeli Web-Designer
Many conservative Christians have embraced government as a tool for achieving their moral vision for society, a mindset that dates back to at least the 1970s. Many people are now questioning the wisdom of this alliance. Stephen Prothero recently wrote, "Americans have historically opted to split the difference between living in a nation in which…
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What Motivates Cultural Progressives – Part 1 (George Yancey)
Black, White, and Gray: What Motivates Cultural Progressives – Part 1 (George Yancey) It is election time again. Once every four years we go through our ritual of deciding who is going to be the “leader of the free world” for the next four years. Of course there are a variety of special interest groups…
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More About the Future of Higher Education
Black, White, and Gray: The Shifting Educational Terrain George Yancey We get comfortable with the way things have been. Change does not come easy for most of us. But to expect things to stay the way they have been sets us up for nasty surprises. Those of us in academia would do well to remember…