It's about allegiance, not facts. He isn't trying to describe an objective reality; he is proclaiming a subjective reality -- proclaiming an identity based on that subjective reality. Read more
It's about allegiance, not facts. He isn't trying to describe an objective reality; he is proclaiming a subjective reality -- proclaiming an identity based on that subjective reality. Read more
I don't plan on making this a regular monthly feature, but just now we're in a bit of a temporary crunch with the Slacktivixen out of work for a few weeks. So if you are willing and able to do so, this would be an excellent time to contribute to this site through PayPal. Read more
White evangelicalism, Trump hagiographies, some timely words from Rod Serling, a welcome return, the difficulty of happy love songs, and the unironic enjoyment of nice pop songs. Read more
Something is ch-ch-ch-changing. Someone is giving a damn. And, just by doing so, they're demonstrating that the powers that be are not quite as invulnerable as they seemed. Read more
"Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood." Read more
My wife comes home this weekend. She's been at Pennsylvania Hospital most of the week recovering from surgery which the good doctors and nurses say went just the way it was intended to go. Read more
There's no hidden moral to this story, no big kicker or punchline waiting at the end. This is just a thing that happened when I was in college. I'm telling this story now because I finally found pictures of these paintings online. And because this all happened exactly 30 years ago, tonight. Read more
It doesn't seem like a corrupt bargain. It doesn't seem like a bargain of any kind, because it doesn't ask you to change anything about what you believe. But once you've made that bargain, you're stuck. Read more
"Progressive evangelicalism" is basically what you get when white evangelicals start treating Matthew 25 and Isaiah 58 as clobber texts too. The underlying formula -- look up "what the Bible says" and apply that literally -- is the same formula that shapes the rest of white evangelicalism. Read more
So, OK, let’s talk about “progressive evangelicals.” That’s not a perfectly accurate description, but it might be the best attempt to give a name to something real and identifiable. Thirty years ago the phrase would have been “liberal evangelicals.” This wasn’t what they called themselves, but a label assigned to them by others. It was meant to be dismissive — a way of further marginalizing the few voices within white evangelicalism who were emphasizing economic justice, or “concern for the... Read more
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