The Archive

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Vika PecherskyBook ReviewsJournal 6Journal

Dostoevsky and Euthanasia

The growing acceptance of euthanasia in the west would come as no surprise to Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Bob ThuneBook ReviewsJournal 6Journal

The Case for Changing the Scorecard in Education

Ivan Illich's bracing 'Deschooling Society' offers an approach to education that Christians would do well to consider and adopt.

Myles WerntzBook ReviewsJournal 6Journal

Augustine, Slavery, and Damaged Goods

Two recent books on slavery in the thought of Augustine confront us with the question of how to regard the saint's reliance on slavery in his theology.

Ana SiljakBook ReviewsJournal 6Journal

We're All George Smiley Now

50 years after the publication of 'Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy' our low-trust society has changed, such that now we're all George Smiley.

Jake MeadorChurch

Belonging to a Church in a World with Weak Traditions

Three dominant sub-groups now define the traditionally white Protestant churches in America. And they're all good at annoying each other.

Jake MeadorPolitical TheoryCurrent Politics

Challenges to Liberalism in the Post-Trump Era

Key stressors pressing the American Right and Left have pushed both blocs into complex and frequently hostile relationships to political liberalism.

Elizabeth SticeBook Reviews

Go Slow and Repair Things

Balzac's 'Wrong Side of Paris' offers a compelling account of how Christian goodness can transform the world in quiet and beautiful ways.

Matthew LoftusHealth & MedicineCurrent Politics

How to Think About Using Government Funds for Christian Charity

The church has traditionally been neither statist nor libertarian in its understanding of how to use public funds for purposes of Christian charity.

Jake MeadorCurrent Politics

Totalitarianism in the Shadow of Decadence

The events in the Oval Office last Friday concern more than the fate of the Ukrainian nation; they concern the character of the American nation as well.

Seth TrouttTheology and Practice

Understanding Evil with Cormac McCarthy and John Frame

If we use Frame's triperspectivalism to illuminate varieties of evil in the works of McCarthy we will find a useful heuristic for addressing sin and evil.

Anna Catherine McGraw

A Place Where I Found Courage and Peace

The recent controversy surrounding Wheaton College badly misrepresents a college that is seeking to be true to its calling as a Christian institution.

Erik CoonceFilm Reviews/HollywoodLiterature

Desert Power

'Dune' offers a powerful account of evil and an often realistic account of our failings, but does it leave us with anything solid to measure ourselves by?