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Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War
Social Conservatism talks a loud game but actually has little confidence. Social conservatives should try to recover it strategically.
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War
Social conservatism needs to recover its intellectual creativity by being willing to question its own first principles.
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War
Social conservatives tend to be hostile toward elites. That needs to end if the movement is going to thrive.
Guest WriterEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics
Donald Trump's triumph over the religious right has an Arthurian feel to it, as Trump slays the movement that, through its own failure, helped birth him.
Matthew LoftusCulture War
Matthew Loftus responds to the most recent contribution to the BenOp conversation from Bayler professor Alan Jacobs.
Samuel JamesEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics
Last summer, David Brooks wrote that the social conflicts “oriented around the Sexual revolution” were over. Legal same-sex marriage and the declining influence of traditional Christianity had combined, he wrote, to put the goals of the culture wars of the last few decades out […]
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics
Ruth Graham's latest in Slate is both useful and interesting, but misunderstands the current political mood amongst evangelicals.
Jake MeadorEthicsEconomics and BusinessCulture War
The growing popularity of boycotts suggests a dark future for neighborliness in the United States.
Matthew Lee AndersonCulture WarCurrent Politics
We shouldn't have to make the case, but this is why evangelicals shouldn't even dream of supporting Donald Trump for president.
Jake MeadorCulture War
There is a Hauerwasian component to Rod Dreher's Benedict Option which needs to be discussed further before we can truly evaluate the merits of the BenOp.
Matthew LoftusCulture War
The Benedict Option is addressing real problems facing the western church but sometimes seems to be cut off from the experience of the global church.
Jake MeadorCulture War
Critics of the Benedict Option say that now is a time for deeper cultural engagement rather than retreat. But this is a mistaken criticism of the BenOp.