The price of AI’s techno-religious promises
The environment is not the only sacrifice we’re being asked to make. Workers, too, are being offered up.
The bard of Gen Z
Cameron Winter and his band, Geese, make music that explores the dread and social alienation of my generation.
Why ICE agents hide their faces
Genesis 3 and Emmanuel Levinas can help us make sense of masked violence.
Pentecostalism for the people
Progressive politics can flow naturally from a life of prayer. I learned this from my Latine Pentecostal family.
Rehearsing for the revolution
The No Kings protests made their politics real to everyone who watched—including the state.
A theology—and an activism—that centers struggle
In the 80s, Edicio De La Torre and other Filipino thinkers helped clergy and laypeople to understand the long-term nature of fighting for change.
The Trump administration hasn’t attacked religious schools and seminaries—yet
Liberation theologian Ignacio Ellacuría didn’t leave us a blueprint for resistance, but he speaks to times like ours.
The humanity of human smugglers
Anthropologist Jason De León charts the desperation, grief, and friendships of the Central American guías who bring migrants across borders.
A refugee’s fragmented memory
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s fractured and stirring memoir is haunted by war—and religion.