Politics & Society
Learning from women in the Hebrew Bible and Qur’an
How do we celebrate International Women’s Month at such a difficult time? By honoring our foremothers who persevered.
What criminal justice reform will require
Debbie Hines draws on her legal career in Baltimore to show what redemption looks like in practice.
Why I don’t like the label “progressive Christianity”
I’ve come to approach it with suspicion—for pastoral, political, and theological reasons.
Showing up as clergy
“I wasn’t sure about the MDiv,” says Teresa Kim Pecinovsky, a chaplain and pastor in St. Paul, Minnesota. “But in Ferguson, I kept seeing clergy show up in support of protesters on the front lines.”
Practicing compassionate patriotism
Recent books by Amanda Tyler and Drew Strait offer concrete, actionable advice for resisting Christian nationalism.
The massacre that never ends
The brief biblical account of Herod’s slaughter of the innocents raises the question of what faith demands when politics fails to stop the killing.
The Hebrew Bible’s map(s) of the land of Israel
God promises Israel to the Jews 16 times—and each time, the borders are different.
Amid cruelty and oppression, can the church be faithful at human scale?
We are all being formed not only by what we profess but by what our bodies learn to tolerate.
What a society needs to survive
Yuval Noah Harari’s history of information networks emphasizes two crucial characteristics: truth telling and self-correction.
Do not be deceived
Paul’s words to the Galatians have taken on a haunting relevance in an age of deepfakes and propaganda.
I dreamed I made my mentor cry
He was giving an academic talk on character education, and I asked a question I would never ask in real life.
When ecumenism foments hate
Udi Greenberg’s history of the ecumenical movement locates the errors—such as colonialism—that underlaid the project from the start.
The racial dynamics of ICE violence
White people are not ICE’s targets. But allies who stand in solidarity often lose their privilege in the process.
Formed for solidarity
Each year, Episcopalians gather in Alabama to enact a liturgy remembering Jonathan Daniels and other civil rights martyrs.
A procession against authoritarianism
“We honor people’s dignity,” says Todd Lippert, a lead organizer of the Palm Sunday Path. “That’s what we do; it’s who we are.”
The lives of wild seeds
Mayan seed guardians and Mennonite farmers are working to recognize their interdependence—with each other and with the land.
Seeing with clarity
You can live a long time off a vision like the transfiguration. But there is much else in this world we must look at, from which we dare not avert our eyes.
Morality requires other people
When we substitute personal interest for the public good, trust begins to disappear in our society.
The sacred testimony of Black joy
It’s a fugitive act, a form of resistance that creates freedom inside captivity.
The quest for a Black frontier world
Caleb Gayle tells the story of Edward McCabe, who sought to establish a Black state in the American West.