David Mislin

David Mislin is an author at Religion News Service.

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Why Pete Buttigieg may be reviving ideals of the Social Gospel Movement

By David Mislin — April 18, 2019

(The Conversation) — “Christian faith,” the South Bend, Ind., mayor has said, can lead one “in a progressive direction,” not to mention lead to skepticism about the value of wealth.

Anti-war protests 50 years ago helped mold the modern Christian right

By David Mislin — May 2, 2018

The anti-Vietnam War efforts of Yale University chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. and other church leaders alienated many Protestant Americans – with lasting repercussions.

The complex history of ‘In God We Trust’

By David Mislin — February 5, 2018

(The Conversation) — From my perspective as a religious history scholar (that phrase) reflect(s) a particular view of the United States, not a universally accepted “American way.”