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Bass, Tisby, Du Mez and Jones join forces for a Substack

Four of the nation’s leading observers of faith, culture and public life are sharing their latest research and writing in a new online space designed to spark thoughtful discussion about the most challenging issues facing U.S. democracy and society. Diana…

You’ve heard of Project 2025? Now meet Agenda 47

What will Donald Trump do if he is reelected to a second term as president in November? So far, the Heritage Foundation’s controversial Project 2025 has drawn the most attention. But while Heritage has endorsed Trump, he hasn’t endorsed Heritage’s…

Second Trump term: ‘We’re gonna put kids in cages. It’s gonna be glorious’

Once the party of “law and order,” the Republican Party now enthusiastically supports convicted felon Donald Trump, seeing him as a victim of political persecution rather than facing justice for his crimes. House Speaker Mike Johnson has called on the…

No crystal ball needed to see a second Trump term: Look at Israel

There’s already a clear picture of what a second Donald Trump presidency would entail: Just look at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yossi Klein Halevi, in “Netanyahu’s Betrayal of Democracy Is a Betrayal of Israel,” provides a stark picture of…

This Fourth of July, let us reclaim patriotism

Not since the Civil War has the United States faced such ill winds as we experience this Independence Day. The very idea of American democracy is under assault from internal forces convinced they are the lone defenders of democracy. The…

Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams is the past Archbishop of Canterbury, the retired master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and one of the world’s greatest living theologians. He is also a person who has thought concretely about social issues, governance and government over the…

When being a pastor is ‘the most important calling,’ family values take a back seat

Most of the noise at this month’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting was from men attempting to cement their pastoral power over women, Christian nationalists attacking religious liberty, messengers seeking to censure SBC leaders publicly, and the convention voting to…