In this article originally published by Christianity and Crisis on March 18, 1946, Charles W. Gilkey warns Americans not to worry that helping people abroad will make them “suckers.”
Christianity & Crisis Magazine & Mark MeltonApril 29, 2021
“A Christian knows, or ought to know, that an adequate Christian political ethic is not established merely by conceiving the most ideal possible solution for a political problem. He must, in all humility, deal with the realities of human nature, as well as the ideal possibilities.”
Christianity & Crisis Magazine & Reinhold Niebuhr & Mark MeltonApril 23, 2021
State broadcasters called upon the Chinese people to boycott companies that did not use Xinjiang cotton. Reports found forced labor likely make this product.
Mark MeltonApril 2, 2021
Quoting Romans 12:20, the message to feed and help the enemy is simple, but oftentimes the simplest command can be the hardest to fulfill. So the reminder is always timely in every age.
Christianity & Crisis Magazine & Reinhold NiebuhrFebruary 12, 2021
Numbers and statistics can desensitize students of war to real tragedy. But Keefe’s focus on Jean McConville’s murder in Say Nothing gives readers a detailed examination of the Troubles while reminding them of the victims.
Mark MeltonFebruary 9, 2021
January 6, 2021, shocked and sickened many of us. It was a terrible, shameful day for the American Republic—truly yet another day of infamy in America’s bruised and bloodied history.
Alan DowdJanuary 9, 2021
To reject civility is to reject politics. The alternative to politics is not war, but barbarism.
Joseph E. CapizziJanuary 8, 2021
The insurrection on Epiphany reveals essential tasks—for America to prevent another attack and for the church to respond properly to the misuse of its symbols.
Mark MeltonJanuary 8, 2021
A century after the Great War’s end, we still have much to learn from its lessons and still wrestle with its consequences and leftovers.
Alan DowdNovember 10, 2020