No Room for Compromise: Religious Polarization in the United States with Dr. Ryan Burge
Schedule
Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Simmons Great Hall At JBU | Siloam Springs, AR
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**This event is free and open to the public.**Religious identity has become a powerful marker of political loyalty in the United States, and the distance between groups keeps widening. What does this mean for the future of American politics and society? Dr. Ryan Burge will show how decades of shifting allegiances, demographic changes, and cultural conflicts have led to today’s climate of religious polarization, and explain where we might go from here. If you want to better understand key forces reshaping American public life, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Dr. Ryan Burge is a nationally recognized scholar of religion, politics, and public life. A professor of practice at the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University, Dr. Burge is known for his clear and compelling analysis of how faith shapes American political behavior. He is the author of several books, including "20 Myths About Religion and Politics in America," "The Great Dechurching," and "The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us." A prolific researcher and public commentator, Dr. Burge’s work regularly appears in major outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and 60 Minutes.
Learn more about Dr. Burge:
https://rap.wustl.edu/people/ryan-burge/
This event is sponsored by the Center for Faith and Flourishing and Department of Political Science at John Brown University.
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