Political Theology

Largest Longitudinal Study of Human Flourishing Ever Shows Religion’s Importance 

The results of the Baylor/Harvard Global Flourishing Study survey have just been released, showing empirically the importance of religious observance as one of the most significant factors in self-reported wellbeing from across 22 countries

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The Holy Week Reader—Friday: Kavod! The Weight of Glory

Peter Paul Ruben’s extraordinary “Raising of the Cross” helps reflect on Divine love, human flourishing, and the weight of glory.

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A Tale of Two Cities: What the Cross of Christ Did (And Didn’t Do)

The Holy Week Reader: Palm Sunday witnessed the rise of two cities in the world of humanity. Christians are citizens of both. Attendant responsibilities follow.

How Competing Hindu Theologies Drove India’s Nuclear Decision Making—In Opposite Directions 

Indian history shows that religious idealism can be just as influential a motivation for and against nuclear proliferation as realist calculations.

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

Uneasy about Citizenship

While a useful primer on intra-evangelical political disagreements, “Uneasy Citizenship” suffers from the same recency bias that seems to preclude almost all Protestant intellectuals from engaging with political theology before WWII

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Doctrine of Christian Warfighting

Pete Hegseth’s success as Defense Secretary will depend on his ability to impart the classically liberal values, rooted in Christian civilization, that made the West great

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