Writer on Religion and Politics

Stephen Bates

7 articles 1995–2016

Stephen Bates is a journalist, author, and academic who has written extensively on media, religion, and politics. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard spanning from its founding in 1995 through 2016, covering topics including the Christian Coalition, religious culture, and the Clinton impeachment. He is the author of several books and has held positions in academia and journalism.

TIME-SERVER

September 9, 2016 · Magazine, Stephen Bates, Books and Arts

Henry Grunwald

The Jesus Market

December 16, 2002 · Features, Magazine, Stephen Bates

CHRISTIAN MERCHANDISING TODAY has many mansions. Start with faith-on-your-sleeve fashion, such as the T-shirts promoting J.Christ instead of J. Crew, Fruit of the Spirit instead of Fruit of the Loom, Christ Supreme instead of Krispy Kreme. This "witness wear," a manufacturer's rep explains, evokes…

Impeaching America

March 12, 2001 · Stephen Bates, Magazine, Books and Arts

A Coup Attempt in Washington?

FREEDOM OF PREACH

September 29, 1997 · Stephen Bates, Magazine, Books and Arts

Stanley E. Flink

ALT.MANY.OF.THESE.NEWSGROUPS.ARE.REPELLENT

October 30, 1995 · Magazine, Stephen Bates

In September, President Clinton discovered a rare patch of common ground with the Speaker of the House. All public schools, the president proclaimed, ought to be linked to the Internet by the year 2000. Newt Gingrich has been extolling the educational virtues of the Net for months. Want to learn…

THE CHRISTCOALITION NOBODY KNOWS

September 25, 1995 · Magazine, Stephen Bates

In his 1925 book The Man Nobody Knows, ad man Bruce Barton repositioned that timeworn product, Jesus of Nazareth. Decrying the "sissifted" paintings of a "pale young man with flabby forearms," Barton depicted a Savior who was strapping and suave, a public relations master and a sagacious executive,…