White Noise and White Silence: Evangelicals and Race
Matthew A. Benton on white evangelicals and racial justice American social unrest after George Floyd’s death (and Breonna Taylor’s, and Ahmaud Arbery’s, and
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America
Racial Murder: American Memory, American Tragedy
In light of recent events, we are republishing this piece written after the Charleston shooting on June 17, 2015. Samuel Loncar on America,
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Are Evangelicals Their Own Worst Enemy?
Audrey Farley on Thomas Kidd As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies across the world, so does blame for the failed efforts to contain the
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How The Working Class Became Children: The Politics of Kindness in A Victorian Novel
Karen Swallow Prior on Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty March 30 marks the 200th birthday of Anna Sewell, whose only published work, Black Beauty,
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White Enough? Race in America
Ayesha Ramachandran on Sharmila Sen What do Nikki Haley and Kamala Harris have in common—apart from unrealized Presidential ambitions? This could be the
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Poetry for Grownups: The Responsible Self in Molly Spencer’s If the House
Alexandra Barylski on Molly Spencer Well-deserved winner of the Brittingham Prize selected by Carl Phillips, If the house bears the mark of all
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The Unity Death Yields: Assassination Through A Theologian’s Eyes
Paul Griffiths’ Monthly Column on Politics and Society from a Christian Perspective In a time of intractable political division in America, it’s instructive
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Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Israel: A Plea for Consistency
Gary A. Rendsburg on Israel I am a strong supporter of Israel and a great admirer of its manifold accomplishments in its 71
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Death at the Border: A Theologian’s Perspective on Migration
Paul Giffiths’ Monthly Column on Politics and Society from a Christian Perspective This short essay, the first of an occasional series for publication
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Jews and The Red Scare: The Mythology of Judeo-Bolshevism
Elissa Bemporad on Paul Hanebrink Well-known scholars of Soviet history have failed to understand Jewish experience under communism in the early twentieth century.
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