Molly Worthen and I began discussing this potential roundtable and topic shortly after the 2017 S-USIH conference in Dallas. I approached her with the conviction that no gathering on American anti-intellectualism could occur without some consideration of religion, and Christianity in particular. Indeed, in the prior works of Richard Hofstadter, Susan Jacoby, and most recently Kurt Andersen, Evangelical Christianity figures prominently as a factor behind larger currents of anti-intellectualism, ignorance, and unreason. When I asked Molly if she would like to lead a panel on the topic, she agreed immediately. Given her authorship of the award-winning, widely-reviewed, and well-received Apostles Read more