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In the end, I think we can have conversations about our values because we’re human, and that’s what humans do.

One hopes that we can together strike a wise balance between suspicion and deference with respect to expertise.

Conservative interpretations of Catholic theology are often more influential on the religious and political right than they’re often given credit for.

Religion and the social issues it stands in for are about the last things anybody votes on. People vote their race, then their pocketbook, then their need for national security.

There’s beauty in mythology, to be sure. But there is also grave danger in believing mythologies can save broken institutions.

“I think the white church has to do some self-examination to see whether they are in line with the Gospel or just pushing a civil religion.”

Even the protests of progressive evangelicals themselves offer proof that progressive initiatives have never be more than an aberration to the overwhelming prevalence of evangelical conservatism.

What I care about is that a vulgar-talking yam-fascist and his allied goons in Congress are about to savage the American state and the nation it’s supposed to serve.

Many Americans remain discouraged or angry about the presidential election. Those gathering around the tree this holiday season with evangelical family may feel particularly bewildered.

The CIA has now concluded that Russian intervention was designed not just to undermine faith in American democratic processes, but also to tip the election specifically in Trump’s favor.