Religion Unplugged(REVIEW) You’ve probably heard of Thomas Aquinas, a scholar who combined Christian theology and Greek philosophy. However, you may not be familiar with the Jewish scholar Moses Maimonides, whose ideas significantly influenced Aquinas’. In the...
Religion UnpluggedChristians are bringing light amid the evil, with many treating the wounded at homes to avoid certain arrest at hospitals. Christians are also taking food and water into crowds of protesters amid Iran’s humanitarian crisis. One Christian couple...
Religion UnpluggedHistory nerds rejoice! An incredibly detailed land-use survey and census from the 1500s, commissioned by none other than Henry VIII, will soon be digitally available to everyone, including genealogists, educators, researchers and community...
Religion Unplugged(OPINION) Christian Reconstructionism was a small but influential movement within conservative Protestantism that argued society should be governed by biblical law. Originating with R. J. Rushdoony, its ideas spread through churches,...
The Domination ChroniclesThe Founding of an American Imperium"—a dominion, state or sovereignty that would expand in population and territory, and increase in strength and power.”
The ConversationChristian Reconstructionism, a little-known movement to rebuild society on biblical law, can often shape US debates over religion, politics and education.
Religion UnpluggedNigeria, Rwanda, China, Mozambique and Mexico were the most dangerous countries for Christians from 2023-2025 in five distinct categories of persecution, Global Christian Relief said in its second annual Red List.
Ancient Jew ReviewCaesarea Maritima [Image Source]. Robin Darling Young and I believe that the Contra Celsum is a largely neglected masterpiece of political philosophy that continues to speak to us...
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Political TheologyEventually, we all need others, leaving cooperation, humility, and patience the only lasting realities of human access to power. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that power can abandon any of us, at any moment - even and...
Good Faith MediaThe Trump administration is actively trying to erase African American history and make the present insufferable for persons who are marginalized, criminalized, and dehumanizingly categorized as “illegal” and “alien.” So, I work for a future I can...
Good Faith MediaHe may very well not be a racist, but instead a political animal playing to the worst impulses of the U.S. psyche. Nevertheless, there is no denying he has done and said racist things. The post Action Trumps Intent: Does it Matter if the President...
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaWe don’t have to accept that a life between a rock and a hard place is the best we can hope for when it comes to embracing both our queerness and our faith. The post Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Where do Queer People of Faith Fit? appeared...
Contending ModernitiesTargeting Jews for the way they express themselves as Jews is very clearly not part of a struggle against antisemitism, but antisemitic itself. The post Letter from Scholars of the Holocaust, Jewish History, and Antisemitism Against the Adoption of...
ReligionProfI have been wondering for a while, but especially in the past couple of days, about what to call those who tend to be labeled as “conservative Christians” and yet are neither conservative nor Christian in any meaningful sense. As a scholar of...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Iran’s leaders warned the United States and Israel of retaliation as nationwide protests challenged the Islamic Republic’s theocracy. Facing mounting deaths and unrest, Iranian officials framed dissent as foreign-backed chaos,...
PaleoJudaicia ReligionProfWhy would I say that “Evangelicals View God as Like Donald Trump”? It struck me quite suddenly recently that there is a parallel between how Evangelicals view “faith” and how they approach political leaders. When we realize this, we understand what...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) The Japanese tea ceremony is deeply rooted in the ideals of Zen Buddhism, but the current matcha hype has little to do with the tea ceremony. Green tea has become part of the on-the-go coffee culture. On social media, a centuries-old...
Political TheologyThe ability or inability of insiders to hear the silences that arise on the other side of the borders drawn by colonizing societies around themselves, to perceive them as the echo of missing voices, may constitute, for the victims of colonialism,...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) There’s this well-worn phrase you hear in Christian circles: “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.” It’s often used by pastors to remind people that simply showing up on...
Religion UnpluggedRaising up the next generation of church leaders is “vitally important,” says Brian Frable, pastor of Kona Baptist Church on the Big Island of Hawaii. It’s important to Kona Baptist Church and the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention “as we advance...
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaAfter a deadly ICE encounter in Minneapolis, escalating immigration raids are spreading fear and unrest across U.S. cities. The post A Climate of Fear and Distrust: Responding to Escalating ICE Raids in America appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Religion Unplugged(REVIEW) “The Gridiron Gospel” is a wonderful addition to the study of religion and sport. It focuses on schools like Notre Dame, BYU and Liberty University. Historian Hunter M. Hampton convincingly shows that college football was not just...
Canopy ForumThe West Virginia State Capitol Building by O Palsson (CC BY 2.0). Since 2020, a foster family from West Virginia fostered, and eventually adopted, three girls. In 2023, the girls’ newborn biological brother, M.B., was immediately placed with the...
Barth NotesFrom the Daily Mail: An alleged fantasist has been charged with perverting the course of justice ten years after accusing various politicians of raping her. Esther Baker, 43, made allegedly ‘malicious’ claims of child sexual abuse at a time of...
White Too LongTrump's deadly lies represent a new stage in the backsliding of America away from democracy.
The ConversationPo'pay, a Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt, the most successful Indigenous rebellion in what’s now the United States.
ReligionProfIt strikes me that the best way to think about the process of faculty grappling with the new technology of LLMs (Large Language Models) is by analogy to the process of working through grief outlined by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her well-known five...
Good Faith MediaThe time has come for common-sense citizens who love their country and recognize blatant injustice to engage in the political process. The post The Week The United States Fell appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaHow can the United States credibly speak about protecting Christians in Nigeria, Syria or Iraq if it overlooks the ethnic cleansing of Armenian Christians for the sake of expediency? The post From Saving Armenian Orphans to Funding Their...
Good Faith MediaOn Thursday, Minnesota faith leaders from various traditions gathered at the site where an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good on the streets of Minneapolis, amid a surge of ICE raids. The post Minneapolis Faith Leaders Call for Peace, Urge ICE to...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Canopy ForumCarlo III di Borbone visiting the Pope Benedetto XIV in the coffee-house of the Quirinale, Rome (US-PD). As the eighteenth century unfolded, theories aimed at limiting the Roman Catholic Church’s authority, shaped over the previous centuries and...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraEnormous—and it's attendance that tells us more than denomination or religion The post How Big Is the God Gap on College Campuses? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsEnormous—and it's attendance that tells us more than denomination or religion The post How Big Is the God Gap on College Campuses? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
The ConversationThough they lived centuries apart, Aristotle and Tsunetomo both explored what it means to live virtuously, and the risks of wanting praise or recognition.
Good Faith MediaThis is not a call to withdraw. It’s a call to return to empathy, to community, to the belief that democracy depends on our ability to recognize the dignity of those with whom we disagree. The post How Politics Replaced Religion in the American...
Good Faith MediaIf we are to address poverty in America, then we must also address racism, as these issues are deeply intertwined. The post Telling the Truth During National Poverty Awareness Month appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaHeartbreakingly, the ideology of Manifest Destiny destroyed countless precious lives. We should never forget. The post A Monumental Spectacle and a Forgotten History appeared first on Good Faith Media.
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Church HistoryThe University of Dubuque Theological Seminary seeks a faculty member in Church History/Historical Theology to begin July 1, 2026. The successful candidate will teach online and in-person required and elective courses in church history and Reformed...
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Political TheologyAre you working on an article manuscript for the journal Political Theology? Would you like feedback on your draft from other scholars ahead of the formal peer review process? The Political Theology Network is pleased to offer a virtual manuscript...