The Archive

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Ross ByrdDeath

Against Cremation

The now ubiquitous practice of cremation suggests that something has broken in how the culture and even the church understands death and the body.

David MooreBook Reviews

Ralph Wood on Flannery O'Connor and the Church

David Moore speaks with Ralph Wood about his latest book on Flannery O'Connor

Kirk WarehamFormation

Love Your (Actual) Neighbor

The command to love our neighbors begins with the actual neighbors with whom we share our local places.

Grant SutherlandBook Reviews

"Called to Freedom"... but what does that mean?

Brad Littlejohn's new book is a helpful intervention in America's endless debates about what it means to be 'free.'

Luke SimonCurrent Events

Luigi Mangione, Lily Phillips, and Life in the Ruins

When people give up on the future, a spirit of destruction and then despair sets in.

Chris MartinTechnologyCurrent Politics

The Sins of TikTok Are Not Unique to TikTok

The argument for banning TikTok is clear enough. What is unclear is why those arguments don't apply to some American-owned apps.

Myles WerntzPolitical TheoryCurrent Politics

Why You Shouldn't Burn It All Down

Discontent with technology is a thorny briar patch with weird friends. We ask questions about what is to be done, if blowing it all up isn’t an option.

Brad LittlejohnPolitical TheoryBook Reviews

Political Freedom Between Right and Rights

A political order built on rights without any account of the right will with time devolve into contradiction and incoherence.

Alastair RobertsBible

Did David Rape Bathsheba?: A Close Reading of the Relevant Texts

A close reading of the biblical texts around David's sin gives a more robust and terrifying understanding of his sin than most modern discourses provide.

Josh PaulingBook Reviews

A Dystopian Novel for the Machine Age

Peco Gaskovski's 'Exogenesis' is a disturbing meditation on the intersection of fertility and our machine age.

Jake MeadorEvangelism

Evangelistic Opportunities in Our Moment

Glen Scrivener commented on some of the evangelistic opportunities he saw for our moment as he watched the Wesley Huff interview on the Joe Rogan podcast.

Case ThorpBook Reviews

An Historian's History

Peter Brown's memoir is a delightful exploration not only of Brown's life as a historian, but of the subjects that have captivated him for decades.