Politics & Society
Anti-racism’s mission drift
Privileged progressives have turned their attention from structures and systems to sentimentalism.
The language of rights and its limits
My niece Butterfly has me thinking about bodies, love, and responsibility.
Why did conservative evangelicals turn against the environment?
It was mostly politics, argues historian Neall Pogue.
More than 100 faith leaders are trying to prevent Andre Thomas’s execution
Imagine what might happen if they poured that energy into abolishing the death penalty in Texas.
Cheap grace in South Africa
Eve Fairbanks traces the experiences of three South Africans to diagnose the country’s unrealized promises.
When women speak more than truth
She Said and Women Talking examine the collective power of women’s words for a MeToo era.
Getting organized to help migrants in Chicago
“The buses have stopped coming,” says Katarina Ramos, “but there’s still a need for services for the people who were transported here.”
Tyre Nichols’s killing is not an exception
Police violence against Black citizens is written into the script of American culture.
Smashing statues
Iconoclasm isn’t just an expression of anger. It’s how we try to make new worlds.
The scandal of the anti-intellectual mind
Why are so many Christians opposed to science and captivated by conspiracy theories?
What went wrong at Hamline?
The administration’s reaction to a classroom conflict reveals a deeper problem in higher ed.
Thinking through abortion ethics in the classroom
What if we began with character, my students and I asked, rather than rights?
A health-care system emergency
ER doctor Thomas Fisher writes with moral clarity—and a whiff of hopelessness.
February 5, Ep5A (Isaiah 58:1-12)
Ritual and justice don’t exist in a push-pull relationship.
We need a better masculinity
I stumbled upon a helpful book recently that sheds light on some of the more troubling myths of manliness.
Theology in carceral context
“What does it mean,” asks Willie Francois, “to cultivate leaders who are building power inside prison?”
January 29, Epiphany 4A (Matthew 5:1-12)
Luke’s Beatitudes are for the poor. What if Matthew’s are, too?