The Archive

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Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Evangelical Political Life After the Religious Right

The religious right is well and truly dead. So what comes next?

Ross ByrdFormation

Why God Hides

The story of Scripture is one of atonement and apocalypse, covering and uncovering.

Ben FrushFormation

On Eating and Not

Christ models trust in God's providence for us both in when he chooses to fast and when he takes and eats.

Joshua HeavinChurch

In Defense of the Prayer of Humble Access

The Prayer of Humble Access is one of the Prayer Book's highest points as it reminds us of the debt we owe and the richness of God's grace.

Luigi Giussani

Book Excerpt: Spirto Gentil by Luigi Giussani

For Holy Week we feature a brief meditation on polyphony and the passion of Christ from Catholic theologian Luigi Guisanni.

Jake MeadorFamilyCurrent Politics

The Rotten Fruit of Obergefell: On the Kelly Loving Act

The Kelly Loving Act currently being debated in Colorado is the predictable consequence of marriage revisionism.

Jake MeadorFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Authenticity is Actually Kind of Boring: On 'Daredevil: Born Again'

'Daredevil: Born Again' brought back some of the characters and action of the Netflix series, but it lost the moral heart that made the original great.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Translating Homer in the 21st Century

The choices one makes when translating ancient texts require more than simply knowing the languages one is working with.

Danielle TreweekBook Reviews

A Sham Trial: Reviewing 'The Sin of Empathy'

Joe Rigney's 'Sin of Empathy' collapses under the weight of its own internal contradictions and inconsistencies.

Gillis HarpCurrent Events

The Bad Fruit of Demonizing Government

The sloppy cuts from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are a predictable outcome of our longstanding disdain for government.

Daniel HindmanBibleGender

Mythos and Gender

An attentive reading to the opening chapters of Genesis will help us discern how Scriptural accounts of gender confront both the ancient and modern worlds.

Collin Slowey and Isabella HsuTheology

Richard Wilbur's Answer to Dionysian Hedonism

Wilbur's 'A Baroque Wall-fountain in the Villa Sciarra' is a profound reflection on the ways in which we can understand power, ambition, and self-mastery.