The Archive
Jake MeadorEconomicshealth
The reality of local political authority? Si. The de facto abolition of the administrative state? No.
Myles WerntzFeatured
Philip Cary's close reading of Augustine and Martin Luther on the nature of conversion and assurance is one of the best new theology books of the year.
E. J. HutchinsonFeatured
Keats's reflection on translation and Homer is a helpful meditation that helps us understand what translation can—and can't—do.
Nathan Luis CartagenaFeaturedCurrent Politics
The definition of "whiteness" has been hotly contested ever since Iberian slave traders first began using the concept over 500 years ago.
Jon AskonasFeatured
When metaphysical violence is done to a society, it will eventually lead to more visceral and horrifying forms of violence.
Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized
When I was nine, we went to Kashmir for ten days or so, to Srinagar, one of the hill stations, to get out of the Delhi heat. Rented a houseboat. When my mom was growing up, her family would go […]
Jake MeadorChurch
Most deconversion narratives shouldn't surprise us because we are living through a time of widespread decline and failure in the American church.
Ian MosleyFeaturedEducation
The culture wars are coming to the world of spoken Latin. Figuring out how best to adjudicate the conflict, however, is a complicated matter.
Jake MeadorBooks
Brad East has what is perhaps my favorite response to the book so far, not least because it is one of the more critical responses, for which I am thankful. You can read the whole thing over at Resident Theologian.
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedEvangelicalism
As Christians reckon with the legacy of 90s and 2000s evangelicalism, the most vital question may well be what will come after the demise of purity culture?
Kevin HargadenBooks
Constant's biography of Jean Vanier rightly treats the L'Arche founder as a Christian mystic rather than some kind of guru or healthcare entrepreneur.
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
Every society will be ordered to a higher good. If political systems themselves do not participate in the work, it will simply be taken over by capital.