We don't have to choose a political party. We do have to name the problem for what it is.
Violence
Poetry for a world that’s falling apart
Jeremiah Webster charts a via negativa in verse.
Why Roxane Gay resists the conversion narrative
Sexual violence doesn't always allow its survivors to claim redemption.
Jewish history tells me to be both compassionate and alert. When it comes to the Palestinian conflict, I don't know how to do both at once.
Did Christianity destroy classical pagan culture?
Catherine Nixey is right: the early Christians were violently destructive. So were the Romans, the Persians, and the plagues that swept across the ancient world.
Michael J. Sharp had been investigating violence in the Congo when he was killed one year ago.
From inertia to (small) action
Mai-Anh Le Tran bravely jumps into the space where theory meets practice.
Flannery O'Connor's demonic characters bear witness to Christ
If O'Connor's stories are shocking, that's only because the gospel is, too.
A novel for frightening times
Han Kang’s main theme is the dignity and the cowardice that atrocity brings forth from people—often the same person.
Westworld’s claim is that memory leads to consciousness, which leads to violence.