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Does War Make Sense? Science and Religion on the Battlefield

By Nathan Schneider

…of the present, intransigent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the most over-armed and over-theorized institution the world has ever seen struggles to defeat bands of insurgents and warlords. Insofar as science defines the modern worldview, Bousquet shows how science also sets the terms for how we think about warfare. In the first chapter, he places his thinking in the Continental lineage of knowledge, representation, and power: Nietzsche,…

Who’s to Blame for BP?

By David True

…s central. And who is responsible? Who is to blame? Unfortunately, the two most popular interpretations offer little help. They do, however, provide useful illustrations of the kind of thinking that helped create the crisis in the first place and they also suggest a deeper interpretation in light of faith in God. The first interpretation I will call a version of the ‘Great Man’ theory of history. As the label suggests, this theory assumes that his…

Hookers for Jesus: Sex and Salvation on the Strip

By Nicole Greenfield

…. The 16 years she spent as a stripper, prostitute, and high-class escort, most recently on the Las Vegas Strip, taught her that. And although she’s been out of the game for years, has since accepted Christ and gotten married (to Oz Fox, lead guitarist for the Christian metal band Stryper), Lobért appreciates the allure of her former lifestyle. Calling herself a hooker for Jesus, she has set out to “hook, help, and heal” those still in the industr…

NC’s Gay Marriage Ban: “It’s Going to Hurt the Church”

By Nicole Greenfield

…intentional strategy employed by those trying to get this legislation, the most extreme of any state thus far, passed as quickly as possible. He agrees with Bakker that a deep-seated anti-gay ideological position is clouding people’s judgment about the other ramifications of the amendment, adding that people are so theologically polarized over homosexuality that they can’t even imagine voting in a way that would put them in the same camp as the LG…

How Not to Support Obamacare

By Peter Laarman

…e of our civil religion. Meanwhile, let’s dispense with the smoke-and-mirrors simulacrum that various faithy “operatives” in DC have spent almo*]}*st ten years and how many millions trying to conjure.…

Celebrate Jesus with Weird Merchandise!

By Gwynne Watkins

…s and people coming together—concepts that get lip service during even the most secular Christmas celebrations. Easter is about death and resurrection. It’s the highest holy day of the Christian calendar. That’s not an easy thing to package, which is probably why there’s a such clean break between the bunnies-and-eggs version of Easter, and the church-service version. Merchandisers are wise to define Easter by marshmallow chicks and colorful baske…

The Economy is Racism: Ending Race-Based Economic Violence is the Real Challenge of This Moment

By Peter Laarman

…vitude persisted by means of convict leasing and mass incarceration. But almo*]}*st no one seems to know that the footprint of race-based capitalism went far deeper and wider in creating the economic regime we all inherit and inhabit. At-will employment, forced arbitration provisions, nondisclosure agreements and other forms of corporate immunity, the relentless assault on labor rights and workplace protections, the proliferation of “on call” or gig j…

Are American Christians “Persecuted”?

By Eric C. Miller

…ce of discrimination against gays. Here, too, clearer definitions of persecuted and persecutor seem appropriate. As they continue to transition from a history of overt moral condemnation to a defensive, liberal posture in keeping with public reason, conservative Christians must continue to refine their strategies for engaging the public square. It remains to be seen what role persecution – or persecution-ish – arguments will play going forward. Fo…

Memo to David Brooks: Francis Is Not Naïve For Criticizing Capitalism

By Peter Laarman

…mires Francis as the very model of a “good person” and “one of the world’s most inspiring figures,” but he simply cannot fathom why the Holy Father would be so “relentlessly negative… when describing institutions in which people compete for political power or economic gain. At one point he links self-interest with violence.” Imagine that!! The pursuit of individual self-interest generates violence? Not in our favorite pundit’s Panglossian vision o…

Updated: My Work on Confederate Monuments Leaves This Christian Ethicist Distrustful of Calls for Reconciliation and Healing

By Ryan Andrew Newson

…owing James Baldwin, calls “the lie.” It is now relatively well-known that most Confederate monuments were constructed at the height of lynching and Jim Crow. For this reason alone, statues erected at this time are rightly talked about as statues of and for white supremacy, bolstered by a highly sanitized and selective narrative about the past. But another, sometimes overlooked, function of Confederate monuments was the way they served the cause o…