Professor of history, American religion, and politics. Author of God's Own Party; Defenders of the Unborn; Politics of the Cross. Married to @NadyaWilliams81.
Joined May 2022
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Really honored that @RobVaughnNews featured "The Search for a Rational Faith" in a Substack post on Christian apologetics today. He called it "an extraordinary new work." Thank you for your extraordinarily kind words, Rob! robvaughnnews.substack.com/p…?
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✨📰The 70th anniversary issue of Christianity Today is here.
With writing from @drmoore, @JackPanyard, @CodyJBenjamin, @HannahReneeB_, @DanielKWilliam4, @kkramermcginnis, @HarvestPrude, @MckeanCarrie, @bonniekristian, @masayett, @Jenpmichel & others.
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And we are launching our fall program next week with @DanielKWilliam4 discussing "Is Compromise on Abortion Even Possible?"
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Latest on Christians Reading Classics pod @mereorthodoxy: I got to talk with my own favorite American historian @DanielKWilliam4 about CS Lewis' Mere Christianity. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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The obligatory first day of classes picture for my favorite American historian @DanielKWilliam4 before he dashed off to early morning class!
Just released today: The updated edition of God's Own Party, which includes a new chapter that explains evangelicals' alliance with Trump and brings the story up to the second Trump term. Grateful to @nadyawilliams81 for this celebratory photo.
Grateful to @thedispatch for giving me the opportunity to write about how the southernization of American Christianity has changed both evangelicalism and politics in the US.
"Why American Christianity Became Southern" by @DanielKWilliam4 at @thedispatch: thedispatch.com/article/chri…
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The Supreme Court’s May 14 order means online and phone prescriptions of abortion pills like mifepristone are permitted until at least next year—a major loss to the pro-life cause, @DanielKWilliam4 writes.
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I asked my favorite American historian @DanielKWilliam4 and our friend John D. Wilsey to talk about 4 key sermons from American history. You can listen to this conversation now at Christians Reading Classics pod @mereorthodoxy sites.libsyn.com/587875/grea…
I've enjoyed writing some recent book reviews for @mereorthodoxy on atheists' intellectual journeys to theism or Christian faith. Here's the latest one, which is on Christopher Beha's new book: mereorthodoxy.substack.com/p…
I really appreciate these kind words from @Daniel_Bare about American and America's Churches.
Highly recommended—one of the best books I’ve read recently. @DanielKWilliam4 is remarkably evenhanded & treats all sides seriously. I’ve thought for some time that we need a succinct religious history of the abortion debate, & this is 100% the book I was waiting for. Get a copy.
Appreciated the chance to talk with @ClarissaMo39247 and @drmoore on The Bulletin podcast about Pete Hegseth's imprecatory prayer and Pope Leo's homily for peace. christianitytoday.com/podcas…
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In ABORTION AND AMERICA'S CHURCHES, @DanielKWilliam4 overthrows all assumptions about the unity, consistency, or simplicity of #American #Christian thought on #Abortion.
This book is a #History finalist in the 2025 Foreword INDIES Awards! bit.ly/3YTsHCZ
ALT Cover of Williams’s "Abortion and America’s Churches." The author’s name and main title appear left; the subtitle appears lower right. The background is paper cut into four sections, with the upper right area peeling back to reveal part of the US flag. Accompanying text: "2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist: Nonfiction, History. Abortion and America's Churches by Daniel K. Williams."
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Some Republicans remain consistently pro-life.
But in recent years, the GOP has become an anti-‘Roe’ yet pro-choice coalition, writes @DanielKWilliam4.
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I'm grateful to @thedispatch for their interest in this piece on the real difference between evangelicals and liberal Protestants.
The Real Difference Between Evangelicals and Liberal Protestants by @DanielKWilliam4
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I'm looking for a professional indexer for a second edition of God's Own Party, which OUP will release in a few months. (There will be a new chapter on Christian politics in the Trump era). Any recommendations for professional indexers who could create a book index before May 4?
There's a larger denominational context behind James Talarico's progressive, pro-choice brand of Christianity - and to understand it, we have to understand what's happened to mainline Protestantism in the last 20 years. I explore that story here: danielkwilliams.substack.com…
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“What Can Pro-Lifers Do in Unchurched States?” Find this piece by @DanielKWilliam4 on @CTmagazine. Williams’ book ABORTION AND AMERICA’S CHURCHES captures the fascinating and complicated #History informing each faith’s position on #Abortion.
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Thanks to @CCamosy for asking such thoughtful questions about my new @UNDPress book "Abortion and America's Churches" in this Catholic Review interview: catholicreview.org/author-of…
The term "evangelical" is widely used by academics, but increasingly fewer Christians are using it to describe themselves. Here's my take on the term's disappearance: danielkwilliams.substack.com…