August already! Instead of reading those stupid back-to-school ads, read some of these ILYBYGTH-themed stories from the past week:

Which comes first, God or politics? Michele Margoulis’s new book says people choose their party first, then their pew, at RNS.

• A growing consensus? ICYMI: Seth Dowland argued a while back in CC that white evangelicalism can only be understood as politics first, theology a distant second.
• More evidence: Christians don’t know Christianity. Three quarters of evangelicals think God wants them to prosper financially. At CT.

Richard Dawkins’s anti-Islam rants miss the point. At The Conversation.

The changing face of private education—the rich get richer. At Atlantic.

Are some calls to prayer more violent than others?

• Why didn’t the author mention the most obvious historical issue in Catholic education? Here at ILYBYGTH.

Helpful locals donate eight assault rifles to their local Texas school along with hundreds of thousands of dollars in other weaponry. At AP.

Collusion confusion: Is Trump really in cahoots with Nancy Pelosi? At The Hill.

Milwaukee sheriff in hot water for touting toilet-paper doctorate from unaccredited fundamentalist colleges, at JS. HT: NS.

• What this story means for the future of fundamentalist higher education at ILYBYGTH.

An atheist’s case for religion at RNS.