The second of my series of posts about the nature and kinds of populism.
What is White Supremacist Populism?
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What is Populism?
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The first in a series of reflection about the nature of populism.
In Attacking Pope Leo XIV President Trump is Reviving an Old White Supremacist Trope
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Trump congratulates Pope Leo XVI after he is named first American pontiff. 5/8/25 (Image via Fox News created using Getty Images) The feud between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV has been the subject of a fair amount of commentary. Some of the President’s allies have warned the Pope not to talk about theology or claimed that he doesn’t understand the Bible. Critics of the...
Books Read in 2025
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Belated reflections on what I read in 2025.
Support Groundbreaking Work on Populism
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In April Wayne State University Press will be publishing my book The Political Theologies of Populism: the Garveyites, the Klan, and the Wobblies, 1915-1930. Like a number of academic publishers, they require authors to pay for the rights of the illustrations. They also require authors to pay for indexing. The combined cost for both is approximately $3,000. I don’t have access to subvention funds...
Christian Nationalism and Liberalizing Religion in Texas
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A report on a talk I gave for the European Center for Populism Studies is now online.
The Political Theologies of Populism
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Pre-order my new book The Political Theologies of Populism!
Books Read in 2024
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Last year I managed 60 books, a slight increase from last year. I am slowly clawing my way back to my pre-pandemic levels of reading but I am still not quite there yet. As I reflected last year, recovering from the pandemic and rebuilding daily routines is a longterm project. It has only been within the last eighteen months that the kids in my house have really started to live the lives of...
Top Blog Posts of 2024
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Each year I post a list of the most read blog posts of the last year alongside a list of the books that I read over the course of the year. This year I’m a bit late in getting this material online. Nonetheless, here’s the list of my most read blog posts for the last year: Through Eyes That Have Cried (Houston) Statement at the Houston City Council Meeting: Repeal the anti-Food Sharing Ordinance...
Political Theology, Discovery and the Roots of the ‘Great Replacement’
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In a recent article in Race & Class I trace the origin of the "great replacement" conspiracy back to the Doctrine of Discovery.