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Trump’s artificial images
The AI-generated meme is this administration’s house style—moral degradation made visible.
In the Bible, gender is not binary
The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of them.
Craig Dykstra saw things afresh
The longtime Lilly Endowment vice president’s impact is felt in the hospitable spaces he cultivated, the disciplined reflection he nurtured, and the ripple effects of a life well lived.
Erasing women
The Trump administration’s moves against women leaders are not new. We’ve been here before.
Walter Brueggemann’s gift of disruption
In his hands, the Bible was a living, aching, burning thing.
I’m a deconstructing American
Lately I’ve been feeling the same emotions I felt when I deconstructed my evangelical faith.
Does it matter if Jesus was crucified with nails or ropes?
A recent Christianity Today article—and subsequent apology—reminded me of the forbidden questions of my evangelical upbringing.
Notes on (Christian) camp
Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.
An accomplished soldier, fired for no reason
Sergeant First Class Kate Cole isn’t an activist. She isn’t a radical. She’s a trans woman, a rock climber, and my friend—and after 17 years of military service, Trump kicked her out.
An uneasy calm at the border
Is an invasion still an invasion if there are no invaders?
Alasdair MacIntyre retains his power to shock
Reading After Virtue as a student was a revelation. As his colleague, I continued to learn from him.
A call to solidarity at Duke
At graduation, we faculty members looked at one another across the aisle, wondering which of us would be, in the university president’s words, “pruned and thinned.”
A road trip to Noah’s Ark
My in-laws took the whole family to a monument to young earth creationism. What could go wrong?
Still seeking justice for George Floyd
Five years after an infamous murder, George Floyd Square in Minneapolis remains a site of protest, lament, and mutual aid.
A theologian without a school of thought
Douglas John Hall was an important thinker who was deeply shaped by the company he kept—and by the labels he resisted.
Nicene myths
The Athanasians won, so they got to tell the story of Arianism. Arius would barely have recognized it.