Politics & Society

The church cannot bless war

A Christianity that affirms the state’s wars is not Christianity. It is idolatry.

Settler colonialism discourse and how it falls short

Adam Kirsch suggests that what was once an academic discipline has become a new religion.

A farewell to snow

Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God reminds me how much we have to mourn as we enter a climate dystopia.

Why does the Southern Baptist Convention wield so much political influence?

The SBC is loud, but it represents a slim minority of Christians who are out of step with the rest of the country.

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