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Politics & Society

From the Editors

We need ritual for our collective grief

Going through the motions together can move us toward healing.
September 28, 2022

Features

Mary, Joseph, and a tea vendor named Sami

In Luke’s Advent story, Bethlehem’s economy is central—and it looks a lot like Bethlehem’s economy today.
by Kelley Nikondeha
September 27, 2022

First Words

close up of Donald Trump's mouth

The menacing turn in our politics

Too many powerful people in public positions today refuse to repudiate the language of threat.
by Peter W. Marty
September 26, 2022

Features

Ted Cruz on stage at America Fest with pyrotechnics and multiple screens with his face projected behind him

The quiet rise of Christian dominionism

Jerry Falwell wanted to prepare America for the end of the world. Ted Cruz’s evangelical backers want to take America over.
by Keri Ladner
September 22, 2022

Books

In Review: 

Labor, land, and racism

Fifty years later, Wendell Berry revisits the themes he introduced in The Hidden Wound.
by Brian Volck September 21, 2022

Books

In Review: 

Where did the baby boomers go wrong?

Bill McKibben recalls his suburban childhood without a hint of nostalgia.
by Martin B. Copenhaver September 20, 2022

In the lectionary

September 25, Ordinary 26C (Luke 16:19–31)

God keeps sending the message that there’s a better way.
by Audrey West
September 19, 2022

Features

The land mourns

Hosea testifies to an earth that laments with its people.
by Andi Lloyd
September 15, 2022

Books

In Review: 

Following the long shadow of America’s original sin

Theologian Alison Benders takes an online pilgrimage through our country’s racial history.
by Cara Meredith September 1, 2022

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