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Thomas Kidd
Research Fellow



More than Just the Moral Majority
Evangelicals, the GOP, and the Global Political Landscape
We’ve heard the claim a million times: “81% of evangelicals voted for Donald Trump.” Some...
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Reexamining the Pilgrims and liberty
Thanksgiving and a look at Plymouth on the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival
November 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the “Pilgrims” in Plymouth...
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4 benefits of online courses during the pandemic
I am online for my courses this semester. Baylor has done a remarkable job...
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Did Christians pioneer the idea of religious liberty?
A look at Robert Louis Wilken’s "Liberty in the Things of God"
Robert Louis Wilken, emeritus professor at the University of Virginia, is one of this...
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Baptists and religious liberty
In 1802, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the...
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Thanksgiving: More than turkey and touchdowns
The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony weren't the first Europeans to settle in North America,...
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The Baptist alliance with Thomas Jefferson that secured religious liberty
In 1776, long-persecuted Baptists hoped that the American Revolution would not only secure America’s...
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The Quaker Exemption and Religious Liberty Today
As oral arguments begin in Hobby Lobby’s challenge to the HHS abortifacient mandate, we...
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