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Jim WildemanCulture

An American Dream

The story of one family of Cambodian refugees offers a hopeful glimpse into what immigration can be in America.

Matt PrechterCultureGlobal

Sacralizing Violence: A Reply to Gerald McDermott

If we are to be truly Christian in our account of the tragedy unfolding in Gaza and elsewhere then we cannot allow politics to blind us to what is real.

Nadya WilliamsCultureGlobal

Humanity in Wartime

One of the first things we lose in wartime is our humanity. This is something we have known for centuries, and yet still we so easily forget it.

Thomas Sieberhagen, Brewer Eberly, and Josh WeirCultureTechnologyFormation

In Defense of Playlists

The work of curating playlists to share amongst friends can actually be a way of resisting the tendency of our day to reduce music to mere ambient noise.

Thomas Fickley and Fr. Mark PerkinsCultureFormation

Common Arts That Matter

A liberal arts education that neglects the common arts does a grave disservice to its students.

Scott CunninghamCultureBook Reviews

Agonistic Democracy

What prospects are there for democracy when society turns toward agonism? That is the troubling question James Davison Hunter considers in his latest book.

Jeremy BughCultureFormation

Humble Beauty and the Art of Hospitality

Jeremy Bugh interviews filmmaker Houston Coley about hospitality, art, and beauty as depicted in his film 'A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers.'

Ryan ShinkelCultureFilm Reviews/Hollywood

The American: A Frank Capra Retrospective

Amongst the many who have tried to define what it means to be American, few have perhaps been as moving or influential as the filmmaker Frank Capra.

Daniel Whyte IVCulture

Pagan Signs

Chesterton once remarked that amongst all the belief systems of the modern world, Christianity alone has had to confront paganism.

Patrick MillerCultureChurch

Preaching the Gospel to People Sick of Irony

The rejection of postmodern cynicism and irony and a desire for wholesomeness and sincerity will create new evangelistic opportunities for Christians.

Jake MeadorCultureCurrent Politics

How to Interview Political Revolutionaries

Interviewing political revolutionaries who believe morally repugnant things is not wrong. Making no mention of those repugnant beliefs is though.

Daniel K. WilliamsCultureChurch

What Were the Real Origins of the Christian Right?

The origins of the Christian right are far more complex than those critics who claim it was about racism and segregation would have you think.