The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos used in IVF clinics are children and so may not be destroyed. Republicans are in a panic, falling all over themselves to repudiate the decision. Well, aren't the human embryos children? Shouldn't they be protected?
British observer Mary Harrington thinks the United States is drifting back to the frame of mind that favors monarchy. Not because of Donald Trump, but because of a shift in thinking that she sees in political operatives of both parties.
Getting rid of democracy is not just the agenda of radical political theorists. Now grassroot political activists are saying as much. And elements of both parties are losing the mindset necessary for democracy.
A writer suggests that we adopt the medieval peasant mindset--not worrying about politics or keeping up with the news, focusing our attention on our local communities. I worry, though, that doing so will encourage our leaders to adopt the medieval nobility mindset.
Censoring both "old climate denial" and "new climate denial"; saving university education; and we're just tired of superhero movies.
Nearly two-thirds of the Nones are actually "nothing in particulars." And there is a difference, as a Pew study shows.
Donald Trump said that if NATO members hadn't paid their pledge to devote 2% of their budget to their military, he wouldn't protect them if they were attacked. In fact, he would encourage the attackers. What do you think of that?
So if both Integralism and Christian Nationalism are wrong, what is the Christian conservative to do? Follow the political theory that Christian conservatives used to have.
A book review brings out an aspect of Integralism--indeed, of at least some strains of Catholic ethics, which even some Protestants are flirting with--that is especially problematic: the notion that the state, using coercive power, can make its citizens good.
The "He Gets Us" campaign is a major evangelistic initiative. Its SuperBowl ad has stirred controversy from all sides. A British pastor has put out an alternative video: "He Saves Us." Both examples of evangelism, though, stop short of proclaiming the actual "evangel"; that is, the Gospel.
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