Critical Race Theory: Understanding the Real Threat By Eugene R. Schlesinger A bit over a year ago, America watched a man be murdered by the police. George Floyd’s murder was preceded, of course, by the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police, and ... Read More...
The Virtues of Professional Wrestling By Neil Dhingra In terms of book-length philosophical studies of professional wrestling, Douglas Edwards’s thoroughly enjoyable Philosophy Smackdown (2020) claims to be “the first of its kind,” which makes m... Read More...
Conservative Cradle Episcopalians By Margaret Will Covenant published two articles on public figure Tucker Carlson in 2017 and 2019. Both examined his conservative Republican visibility in the left-leaning Episcopal Church. While I enjoy Carlson’s television presence, his age, which is clos... Read More...
Common Objects of American Love: Augustine and the Inaugural Address By Mark Clavier I admit that I occasionally can be a theological curmudgeon. I say this not to boast nor even to excuse myself since I’m not quite prepared to repent of it. It stems, I think, from a sensitiv... Read More...
Comfort Food Mark 6:30–8:26 By Eugene R. Schlesinger With these verses we approach the mid-point at the Gospel of Mark, where Jesus will ask his disciples, and, by extension, us: “Who do you say that I am?” Mark’s Gospe... Read More...
A Christmas without war: Power and hope at the end of Christmastide By Esau McCaulley This year there was a noticeable lack of emotion related to the supposed “War on Christmas.” We all know that “war” might be a bit dramatic given that the battlefield includes skirmishes over whether one can say “Merry Christmas,” or the c... Read More...
What Is There to Talk About? By Philip Turner Shortly before the recent election’s results were settled, I posted a short piece noting the extent of our divisions and the depth of our discontent. I went on to ask: what is the root cause... Read More...
God is Now By Chip Prehn The season of Advent is full of warnings, but in A.D. 2020 there is a diffuse perfume of apocalypse in the air. The plague appears to be spreading. The economy is uncertain. Many sectors hav... Read More...
