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Susannah Black RobertsPolitics

On Nick Kristof, Jean Vanier, and Human Resources - Radio Free Thulcandra

Right. So this is a kind of complicated non-hot take spurred by Nicholas Kristof’s excellent and horrible piece in the Times today. Kristof is reporting from Guatemala, where almost half of all children are physically and mentally stunted because of […]

Susannah Black RobertsArtPolitics

Rise up, wretched man: enough tears have flowed. - Radio Free Thulcandra

Several months ago, I went with a group of friends– mostly church people, from Emmanuel Anglican– to see a production of Euripides’ Herakles, in the original Greek, directed by our friend Caleb Simone. It was part of his doctoral work, […]

Susannah Black RobertsArtPolitics

Rise up, wretched man: enough tears have flowed. - Radio Free Thulcandra

Several months ago, I went with a group of friends– mostly church people, from Emmanuel Anglican– to see a production of Euripides’ Herakles, in the original Greek, directed by our friend Caleb Simone. It was part of his doctoral work, […]

Jake MeadorPoliticsFeatured

David French and the Revolutionary Style in Conservative Journalism

One of the greatest temptations facing illiberal conservatives is the choice to take up illicit techniques to promote Christian ends.

Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsEthics

We'll make that great heart what we want it to be. - Radio Free Thulcandra

Just throwing this up here for future reference, after thinking and writing a bit about about Margaret Sanger’s intense Lothrop Stoddard fangirling, and the eugenicist origins of Planned Parenthood: “Man has got to take charge of Man. That means, remember, […]

Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsEthics

We'll make that great heart what we want it to be. - Radio Free Thulcandra

Just throwing this up here for future reference, after thinking and writing a bit about about Margaret Sanger’s intense Lothrop Stoddard fangirling, and the eugenicist origins of Planned Parenthood: “Man has got to take charge of Man. That means, remember, […]

James ClarkPoliticsFeatured

Natural Law and the Prospects of Persuasion - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When American evangelicals began to earnestly engage in conventional politics in the 1950s, a problem emerged. As David L. Weeks put it in a 2001 article, “Evangelicals have never developed a coherent and compelling political philosophy. Instead, they have relied […]

Tim MiloschPoliticsFeatured

Finding Wisdom in the House of Mourning - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By Tim Milosch There is deep significance in how a society treats its dead. If history is to be considered, state funerals have played a significant role in public life. Western history and thought has found some of its most […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Impossibility of an Evangelical Conservatism | Mere Orthodoxy

Can American evangelicalism be a conservative movement? If by 'conservative' we mean 'able to conserve the permanent things,' then the answer is, "no."

Tim MiloschPoliticsFeatured

Asynchronous Citizens: Addressing Flaws in Digital Citizenship - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The 2011 Pew Research Center study, “Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites” is one of many evaluating the experience of the young on social media. Given ongoing concerns about the effects of social media on young people, the […]

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured

Ten Theses on the Bible, Poverty, and Justice | Mere Orthodoxy

Political societies should not simply secure certain negative rights for their members, but should also make it easier for people to be good.

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured

Defending the Vulnerable Requires More Than Centrist Justices

Freedom Road's call to "pause" the culture war until a moderate justice can be found to replace Anthony Kennedy actually reinforces culture war norms.