by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 28, 2022 | Christian Nationalism, News
Six in 10 U.S. adults believe that “the founders of America originally intended for the U.S. to be a ‘Christian nation,’” according to a Pew Research Center report published October 27. Despite a majority holding this view of the founders’ intentions, a majority (51%)...
by Jack Moline | Oct 21, 2022 | Opinion
My little black book of quotations has multiple entries from multiple people. Often, it is because a speech or essay contains more than one observation that demanded residence in my memory. Sometimes, it is because a person has an astonishingly consistent talent for...
by D. Steven Porter | Oct 12, 2022 | Opinion
The movement to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day challenges Christians like me to confront my own faith tradition’s complex history and, at times, complicity with empire. As a student of and participant in Christian mission, I feel that burden acutely; but I also...
by Machaela Murrell | Oct 10, 2022 | Opinion
Who first discovered America? If you grew up being taught the traditional form of American history, your answer is probably Christopher Columbus. The common narrative is that the Italian explorer discovered America in 1492. In reality, the land had been inhabited for...
by Colin Harris | Aug 24, 2022 | Opinion
Circumstances have a way of bringing into everyday conversation terms and concepts that become frequent in their use. Current attention has brought a term like “unprecedented” into our reflections on events that have dominated the public stage, and we hear it...
