<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lerone Martin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lerone Martin]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:10:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.leronemartin.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Talent is everywhere. Access? Less so.]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Stanford Photo: Jess Alvarenga As a high school student in Ohio, Lerone Martin wondered about the world beyond his hometown. His parents worked in factories, assembling car parts. It provided a comfortable life and taught him the value of hard work. Still, Martin wanted to build on that foundation, like many kids. But how? His parents didn’t attend college. His older brother had played football in college—maybe sports was a way to see the world. Or perhaps he could become a pastor? For...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/talent-is-everywhere-access-less-so</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a8f8af1fb1895eb27244ac</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_b81d856450b94e02ac58d57d89e3ae26~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in Muse , Johns Hopkins University Careful and timely study In this careful and timely study, Martin explores themes of white Christian nationalism, militant anticommunism, and the use and abuse of power. Such subjects align The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism  with the work of other scholars, like Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Anthea D. Butler, Andrew L. Whitehead, and Samuel L. Perry. Like these scholars, Martin describes...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b9637d0f466b1c6e23d94</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_26681c0ca6634d08ae0125e67ef95bf9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_450,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NPR Radio Diaries: "Lightfoot Solomon Michaux: The Black preacher and broadcaster who feuded with MLK"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Featured on NPR Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux (center) holding a child at Happy News Café in Washington. Harris &#38; Ewing/Library of Congress Dr. Martin serves as a primary expert voice throughout this 14-minute Radio Diaries segment on Elder Michaux's relationship with the FBI and his opposition to MLK. Listen/Read ...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/npr-radio-diaries-lightfoot-solomon-michaux-the-black-preacher-and-broadcaster-who-feuded-with-ml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b939dd0f466b1c6e23711</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:40:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_4814b48b12474ff789d0dbd8506cea15~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_632,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanford's Lerone Martin on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. &#38; the Civil Rights Movement]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this special MLK Day episode of  The Learning Curve , co-hosts  Alisha Searcy  and  U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng  interview  Prof. Lerone Martin , Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor at Stanford University and Director of the MLK Research and Education Institute. Dr. Martin offers deep insights into the life and legacy of Dr. King. He explores MLK’s role as a spiritual and political leader, advocating for nonviolent protest and “soul force.” Prof. Martin discusses the dynamic...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/stanford-s-lerone-martin-on-the-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-the-civil-rights-movement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b956633aebccb486aae6b</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_017851a238c240fd94db2061afe0c0d3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_767,h_432,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review of The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in The Journal of Church &#38; State Engaging new book In this engaging new book, Lerone Martin (Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University) persuasively argues that J. Edgar Hoover was one of the central figures of mid-twentieth century US religious history. Martin shows how Hoover combined mainline Protestant respectability, traditionally conservative ideas about gender and race as well as—thanks to his leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)—an...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/review-of-the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b9733d0f466b1c6e24081</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_80ae9ee14f3144e29eb557212354a8ed~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_391,h_259,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congregation Over Denomination: Analyzing Psychological Reactions to a Church Ruling on Same Sex Marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion In 2019, the United Methodist Church (UMC) voted to maintain their stance of prohibiting the ordination of gay clergy and the performance of same-sex marriages within the church. As part of a multi-method study, we hosted focus groups, interviews, and conducted surveys with 54 individuals from four UMC churches to assess attitudes about the outcome of the vote. Consistent with hypotheses, the majority expressed disappointment and...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/congregation-over-denomination-analyzing-psychological-reactions-to-a-church-ruling-on-same-sex-mar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b8e38cfa5020e41bcf647</guid><category><![CDATA[Pedagogical & Academic]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_14e29a76631042c9ac113c2d45bf4b7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOSPEL: The History of Gospel Music &#38; Preaching in America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Appeared on PBS Credit: PBS Dr. Martin served as an adviser and appeared on-screen as an expert in this multi-part PBS documentary series on the history of gospel music and preaching in America. Watch now ...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/gospel-the-history-of-gospel-music-preaching-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b92c2b89ac23fa77e16a5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_dadea61390f34f02983c1faffecf3934~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_702,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in History Today A diligent use of archives and a relentless pursuit of the truth J. Edgar Hoover, 16 May 1932. Wikimedia Commons J . Edgar Hoover believed the United States was God’s chosen nation. Hoover, who was director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, thought the Bureau’s mission was to defeat the godless forces of liberalism, feminism and civil rights. In Hoover’s view, to overcome these foes America had to yield to his preferred brand of Christianity – a Christianity unerringly...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/review-the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b998acfa5020e41bd1032</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_a5f4506ff76d4fffa7685ea181c36d4f~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_770,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘He was certainly a racist’: J Edgar Hoover and a history of white nationalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian An elegantly written book Photograph: Corbis/Getty Images Martin now delivers a fresh perspective. In an elegantly written book, The Gospel of J Edgar Hoover : How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism, he makes a persuasive case that Hoover was a white Christian nationalist and convenient ally for evangelicals, embedding race and religion in the foundations of the national security state – and allowing white supremacy to fester to this...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/he-was-certainly-a-racist-j-edgar-hoover-and-a-history-of-white-nationalism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b9a1dcfa5020e41bd1175</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_cc53574c749e444487631fc98ceb2767~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Review Published in Publishers Weekly Impressive research and sharp character sketches In this revealing history, Martin ( Preaching on Wax ), director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, contends that J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI “joined forces with the founding architects of white evangelicalism to aid and abet the rise of white Christian nationalism as a legitimate force in American politics.” Drawing on recently declassified documents, Martin...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/review-the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b9b59b89ac23fa77e2adb</guid><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_b8a25f13d5b0455e90c9e7f4cf8147d1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The FBI’s culture and recruiting have long favored conservative Christianity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The right’s claims about weaponization of the FBI don’t stand up to the historical test Published in The Washington Post The exterior of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the headquarters of the FBI, in August 2015, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) House Republicans have empaneled a Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to investigate the widespread belief on the right that the FBI and other agencies are attempting to “purge conservative views.” A recently...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/the-fbi-s-culture-and-recruiting-have-long-favored-conservative-christianity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b7e8233aebccb486a7cf9</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_9e8de0b27f944635a3d3b9c4ed9ddcbe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_691,h_460,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in Reading Religion Martin’s prose brilliantly illustrates that to overcome these godless foes (in Hoover’s estimation), it was the FBI founder’s outlook that the nation had to succumb to his own personal faith J. Edgar Hoover, the founding director of the FBI who led the agency from 1924 to 1972, has become a prototypical avatar of today’s debates about white Christian nationalism, especially in law enforcement. In The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/review-the-gospel-of-j-edgar-hoover</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b982ed0f466b1c6e242c9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_13d9967346a645929837cbc0a7fa4ecd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_500,h_231,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is LGBT progress seen as an attack on Christians?: Examining Christian/sexual orientation zero-sum beliefs.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in APA PsychNet As social policies have changed to grant more rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, some Christians in the United States have suggested that LGBT rights impede Christians’ religious freedom. Across five studies, we examined the causes and consequences of zero-sum beliefs (ZSBs) about Christians and LGBT individuals. We demonstrate that Christians’ beliefs about conflict with sexual minorities are shaped by their understandings of...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/is-lgbt-progress-seen-as-an-attack-on-christians-examining-christian-sexual-orientation-zero-sum-b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b9028b89ac23fa77e1129</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_e1b9845229d7479fa1de5d758304c47d~mv2.gif/v1/fit/w_150,h_200,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harnessing religious teachings to reduce sexual prejudice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in Journal of Moral Education Religion dictates the groups against whom it is seen as justifiable (even righteous) to express prejudice: often groups perceived of as violating core religious values. We review research demonstrating that for Christians, particularly conservative ones, religion seems to sanction prejudice against LGBT individuals. We describe the causes and the consequences of Christian/LGBT zero-sum beliefs (ZSBs): the extent to which gains for LGBT groups are seen...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/harnessing-religious-teachings-to-reduce-sexual-prejudice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b8f68b89ac23fa77e0fa5</guid><category><![CDATA[Pedagogical & Academic]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_1e3c83ccb4884dc58d80c1bd05cd9a23~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Research Suggests Christians See LGBT Progress as Threatening]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do Christians suffer in a changing America? Published in Religion and Politics Dozens of gay Catholics hold an evening mass at the St Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. in 2013. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post/Getty Images) t is the dawn of a new era for sexual and gender minorities in the United States. The Senate and presidential transitions at the beginning of 2021 brought about increased political representation and power for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/new-research-suggests-christians-see-lgbt-progress-as-threatening</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b7fb9d0f466b1c6e20c59</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_3a1550ef4dc9413882907f640aa04e72~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_780,h_508,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forum on Religious Influence on U.S. Politics and Foreign Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Produced on C-SPAN Dr. Martin spoke as a panelist at a two-day conference on religious influence on U.S. politics and foreign policy, presenting original content on his research into the FBI and religion. Archived in the C-SPAN Video Library. Watch now ...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/forum-on-religious-influence-on-u-s-politics-and-foreign-policy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b94718133563068c80f0d</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_7dc495365dbc4c78a87b94f214c4fe17~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_200,h_200,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evangelicalism and Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in The American Historian Image Credit: https://www.oah.org/ John Fea, Laura Gifford, R. Marie Griffith, and Lerone A. Martin In 2016 Donald J. Trump won the presidential election with overwhelming Christian evangelical support. Commentators and pundits have struggled to explain how a president who seems to scorn traditional Christian values—as evident in his rumored affairs, his divorces, and his alleged sexual assaults and harassment—has garnered the devotion of a majority of...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/evangelicalism-and-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b806c33aebccb486a80ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_660fac53d1dd41918e5874cdc2604c01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureau Clergyman: How the FBI Colluded with an African American Televangelist to Destroy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in Cambridge University Press This article explains how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) partnered with African American minister Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux to discredit and neutralize Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. The Elder, the nation's first minister (black or white) to have his own weekly television show, colluded with the Bureau to shape public opinion against King and cast doubt upon King's religious commitments and activities. Michaux was, what I call, a...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/bureau-clergyman-how-the-fbi-colluded-with-an-african-american-televangelist-to-destroy-dr-martin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b9133b89ac23fa77e1361</guid><category><![CDATA[Pedagogical & Academic]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_5dec479e022c4a0ca73db4a4ed519189~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_546,h_364,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elder Michaux, a popular black evangelist, aided the bureau’s campaign to destroy King’s reputation. Published in ARC Magazine (Getty/Polaris/Lawrence Schiller) n 2017, the National Archives released a new trove of FBI files in response to a Freedom of Information Act request I made. The security-screened documents reveal how the bureau solicited and received sacred assistance in their crusade to discredit Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement. The FBI’s efforts to destroy...]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/new-documents-reveal-how-the-fbi-deployed-a-televangelist-to-discredit-martin-luther-king</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b80e88133563068c7e467</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_0ff4485fb85147e8865a61831a9e4629~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_780,h_508,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The FBI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Published in The Immanent Frame Image credit: By Brunswyk (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons “Dear Professor Martin,” the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) wrote to me, “This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.” I could not believe the FBI responded to my FOIA request for Reverend Charles E. Fuller (1887–1968) so quickly. An initial response to a FOIA request normally takes twenty business days....]]></description><link>https://www.leronemartin.com/post/the-fbi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699b82b98133563068c7e833</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_a70d8cfb0c784f5aaf9f6508cb6ddd85~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_672,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>