The Right’s ‘Grooming’ Rhetoric Didn’t Begin with QAnon — You Have to Go Back a Bit Further to Get to the Source
It seems that all the Right wants to talk about these days is “grooming.” These…
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‘Russkii Mir,’ the Russian Equivalent of ‘Blood & Soil’ Ideology at the Heart of Putin’s War, Explained and Rejected by Theologians in New Statement
A new statement by Orthodox Christian theologians—some of whom sign from Russia—dramatically illustrates what’s at…
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Kirill’s Sermon May Be Bad Preaching and Even Worse Theology — But it’s a Top-Notch Rejection of Liberal Democracy
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, gave a sermon on forgiveness this…
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Turn On The News: This Isn’t a Split, It’s a Tiny Sliver of Conservatives Walking Out the Door — Introducing A New Media Criticism Column
It’s hard to imagine a news article less challenging to the cultural hegemony of conservative…
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Satanic or Systemic? Promise Keepers Are Back and Looking to End Racism Via ‘Trickle-Down Racial Reconciliation’
This past weekend at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, marked the official public return of…
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After Orthodox Priest Suspended for ‘Stop the Steal’ Activity, a Renewed Spotlight on the Orthodox Far-Right
When insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, most news reports focused on…
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America’s National Conversation about Christianity is ‘Fundamentally Unserious’ — But Not in the Way You Think
As I’ve argued before, the United States, an ostensibly secular country, has a de facto…
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White Supremacy and Orthodox Christianity: A Dangerous Connection Rears Its Head in Charlottesville
There are those who would co-opt American Orthodoxy, make it the voice of white nationalism. Churches need to confront the problem head on.
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From Empire to Shire: Rod Dreher’s Nostalgia for Middle-Earth
The author of “The Benedict Option” offers a social vision that omits centuries of Christian intellectual and theological history.
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Rejecting the Stranger: Why Rod Dreher’s Vision of Communal Christian Life Is Not So Benedictine After All
Neither an idealized Christian past nor a narrative that envisions a persecuted Christian future are going to create real and lasting communities.
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