News Featuring Dr. Lindsay's Work
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Lindsay comments to the national media about the religious landscape of the US.
Lindsay analyzes public apology from religious leader in the race to the White House for the San Antonio News-Express.
This article reports on a speech given by Michael Lindsay, assistant professor of sociology, at the Pew Forum Religion and Public Life's "The Faith Angle" conference on the unity of evangelical Christians.
Lindsay comments to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the perils and possibilities of religion in presidential politics.
Lindsay briefs senior journalists about evangelicals in America. Click here to read more on TIME's political blog about the talk or here to read more on the political blog of Reuters.
Faith in the Halls of Power receives one of the 2008 Christianity Today book
awards.
Lindsay interviewed on Irish Public Radio about evangelicals and American politics. Click here to listen to the interview.
Lindsay comments on Democratic candidates' attempts to woo the faithful.
Lindsay comments on Obama/Clinton race and the role of religion in the
Pennsylvania primary. Click here for more information.
Lindsay discusses presidential candidate Barack Obama's recent speech
clarifying his position on race in America in the Christian Science Monitor. Click here for more details.
Lindsay comments to Bloomberg on Catholic diversity as new
cathedral is dedicated.
Lindsay quoted by Religion News Service on Mike Huckabee as the “new face”
of American evangelicals. Click here for more details.
Lindsay discusses religion’s importance in America for Scripps Howard News
Service. Click here for more details.
Faith in the Halls of Power is discussed in regard to “Controversies on the
Campaign Trail” in Foreword magazine. Click here for more details.
Faith in the Halls of Power named one of the "Best Books of 2007" by
Publishers Weekly. Click here for
more information.
Lindsay's research spotlighted by U.S. News & World Report. Click here to read more.
Lindsay tells the Austin American-Statesman that the votes of "cosmopolitan evangelicals" are "up for grabs" this
year.
Lindsay comments as "Huckabee Keeps Fighting".. >CBS News.
Rice University professor Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, doesn't think Mitt Romney's Mormon faith sunk his campaign. But he says it didn't help him among evangelicals... >More
Lindsay comments on the needs of U.S. presidential candidates to heal party, racial and gender divisions in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Click here for more details.
Faith in the Halls of Power featured in USA Today. Click here to read more.
Lindsay's work is mentioned in the National Review. Click here to read more.
Lindsay's work is mentioned in First Things. Click here to read article.
Michael Lindsay comments on Governor Mike Huckabee's prospect of
winning the Republican presidential nomination for the Social Science
Research Council. Click here to read the essay.
Austin American Statesman
Michael Lindsay is quoted and Faith in the Halls of Power mentioned in an article on stereotyping evangelicals in this weekend’s Austin American-Statesman.
USA Today
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney likes to talk about "family values"... >More
Christianity Today
For decades, evangelicals have lamented their lack of representation or respect in politics... >More
Associated Press
The Rev. Pat Robertson said Monday that his son, Gordon, has succeeded him as chief...>More
Publishers Weekly
This fall, university presses are at the forefront of the debate on many of today's front-page issues…. >More
Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility
The presidencies of Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush provide helpful bookends on the complicated world of Evangelical-Jewish relations over the last 30 years… > More
The Collegian, University of Richmond (VA)
The 2006 recipient of the Jepson School's Frederic M. Jablin Dissertation Award is the first person to study the rapid rise of evangelicals to positions of power based on empirical research… >More
Princeton Weekly Bulletin, Princeton University (NJ)
Is there a “hidden hand” behind the rise to power of the evangelical movement in America over the last three decades?... >More
Rice News, Rice University (TX)
D. Michael Lindsay, who will join the Rice sociology department faculty this summer, recently won a prestigious award from the International Sociological Association…>More
News Archives
Brown Foundation Award for “Engaging Students in the World of Ideas.”
Lindsay’s research garners support from Faculty Initiatives Fund.
Lindsay wins 2006 Jablin Award.
Lindsay honored at the 2006 World Congress of Sociology in Durban, South Africa.
Lindsay’s research on evangelical public leaders captures international attention.
