Politics & Society
On the holiness of casseroles and spreadsheets
When our church offered Rosa sanctuary, our ordinary habits became a politics of hospitality.
The Bible’s imprints on US politics are noticeably masculine
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza wants us to reform our collective subconscious.
The UN Security Council couldn’t stop Russia’s war against Ukraine
The need to reimagine its structure has never been greater.
A White woman takes on the problem of nice White ladies
Sociologist Jessie Daniels reckons with the dangerous implications of the person she was raised to be.
For better or for worse, the church is keeping Haiti afloat
In the absence of strong political leadership, someone has to fill the void.
Ukraine’s sleepless children
A failed high school science experiment increased my empathy for those who can’t sleep.
The mass shooting in Buffalo was an attack on the image of God
And it was enabled by social structures of permission.
The most important American Old Testament scholar of the last century is Norman Gottwald
In the life of early Israel, Gottwald found a God of economic justice.
Creating a space for everyday peace
On Fridays in the church basement, I see glimpses of something precarious and beautiful.
Devil in the algorithm
Social media platforms are damaging democracy, and it’s not primarily about what speech they do or don’t moderate.
Reading The Irony of American History 70 years later
What do Reinhold Niebuhr's blind spots tell us about our own?
Why books get banned
People fear the impact of difficult books. They aren’t entirely wrong.
We need to stop talking about “good” and “bad” neighborhoods
Both Sheryll Cashin and Yelena Bailey investigate the scandalous inequalities between city neighborhoods.
Lawrence Jackson’s memoir tells a story of location shaped by race
Baltimore—from Frederick Douglass to Freddie Gray—informs his whole journey.
Under Elon Musk’s authority
Doing church on social media is not like standing in the public square. It’s more like putting ourselves under a form of sovereignty.
Lisa Sharon Harper’s memoir of the legacy of slavery
Fortune gives a wrenching account of intergenerational trauma and its costs.
How should Asian American Christians respond to anti-Asian racism?
Be like water: clear, humble, persistent, and restorative.
The end of endless wars?
Andrew Bacevich and Samuel Moyn each seek a reckoning on how the United States uses its military abroad.