Category Archives: Politics

True Ritual Versus Hypocritical Religiosity

Posted on August 5, 2019 by

A piece of mine has just been published over on the Political Theology site: The temptation to put faith in religiosity, to employ religious ceremonies and rituals as akin to compensatory ‘moral offsets’ for our godless, oppressive, and unjust behavior … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Culture, Ethics, Genesis, Guest Post, Isaiah, OT, OT Theology, Politics, Theological, Worship | 1 Comment

Welcoming the Stranger: A Final Immigration Response

Posted on June 20, 2019 by

My final response in the Theopolis conversation on immigration has just been published here. We beware of treating the condition of the uprooted immigrant as paradigmatic. As Christians, who are committed to the universal value of Christ, we can easily … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, Politics, Society, Theological | 6 Comments

True Hospitality and the Immigration Debate

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

The Theopolis blog is hosting another conversation, this time on the subject of the immigration debate. I was invited to kick this discussion off and my opening post has just been published. A neighbour-focused ethic is an ethic of love, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Exodus, Genesis, Guest Post, OT, OT Theology, Politics, Society, Theological, Theopolis | 8 Comments

Hearing the Story Again for the First Time

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

I’ve just posted a piece over on the Political Theology blog, on the subject of Palm Sunday. Within it, I argue that, when we listen carefully to the narrative of Luke’s gospel again, as if we didn’t already know its … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Guest Post, Luke, NT, NT Theology, Politics, The Gospels, Theological | 4 Comments

Devilish Diversions

Posted on March 4, 2019 by

I have posted a reflection on Luke 4 over on the Political Theology blog. Within it, I discuss the ways in which the devil sought to divert Christ from his mission and how Luke’s framing of the temptations of Christ … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Ethics, Ezekiel, Guest Post, Lent, Luke, NT, NT Theology, OT, Politics, Society, Theological | 2 Comments

Theopolis Podcast: The Virtue of Nationalism, with Yoram Hazony

Posted on November 7, 2018 by

On the latest episode of the Theopolis podcast, Peter Leithart and I are joined by the Jewish biblical and political scholar, Yoram Hazony, for a long and stimulating conversation about his recent book, The Virtue of Nationalism. I summarized and … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, Podcasts, Politics, Society, Theological, Theopolis | 3 Comments

Justice Discourse in the Internet Age, Part 2: Social Justice as a Discourse of Legitimation

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

The Davenant Institute’s blog has just posted the second of my multi-part series on the subject of social justice discourse in the Internet Age (you can read the first page here). In keeping with broader shifts in our public life … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, Politics, Society, Theological | 3 Comments