Christian Ethics

America and the Vatican Must Confront China on Human Rights, Starting with Jimmy Lai

The plight of imprisoned Hong Konger Jimmy Lai is a case study in the failure of the Vatican to stand up for freedom of conscience and other universal rights Christian humanism upholds

T.S. Eliot and the Need for Lent

As the season of Lent begins, T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men” provides ever-relevant lessons for overcoming spiritual lassitude characteristic of modernity

The Compromises Between Prophetic and Political Christianity

Christianity in public life finds expression through two contrasting yet complementary forms: the prophetic and the political. Both are necessary for authentic Christian witness

‘Jesus Christ: Refugee’ and Other Fallacies in the Immigration Debate

In debates around immigration, you see too much of the platitudinous, vapid moralizing that often passes for serious political thought in evangelical circles

Three Biblical Models of Engagement With the Trump Administration on International Religious Freedom

How advocates of international religious freedom should approach with the Trump Admin is a complicated issue. Fortunately, the Bible provides three models of Christian engagement with governing authorities

The Ghettoization of Western Civilization in Universities

As schools like UNC found centers devoted to perspectives other than the left-wing views that dominate universities, the need for such viewpoint diversity is more apparent than ever

Anora’s Body and Soul

“Anora” (2024), nominated for six Oscars, is a deeply spiritual film—not in spite of its depictions of sex, drugs, and violence, but because of them.

MLK Understood the Threat of Communism

In a 1953 sermon entitled, “Communism’s Challenge to Christianity,” MLK argued that the struggle between Marxist forces and the free world was “one of the most important issues of our day.”

Reformed Protestantism: The Progenitor of Modern Political Thought

Paul DeHart’s new book, “Contract in the Ruins: Natural Law and Government by Consent,” argues that what we today call “liberalism” cannot be understood in isolation from natural law and the Protestant Reformation

Explore Christian Ethics