Pitch Framing and Pageant Gowns: What is the Contest of Ideas?
Is the contest of ideas a fair game? In the liberal vs. conservative battle, who’s really winning? Explore the unseen biases and discover the true essence of this intellectual contest.
Category: Persuasion
Truth teller vs. Propagandist: How to Tell the Difference
It’s surprisingly easy for people online to pretend to be someone they are not. Don’t be fooled. Learn how to spot a propagandist masquerading as a truth-teller.
Unity Under Siege
When you reflect on some of the basic underpinnings of unity, it’s alarming to see how effectively these foundations are being undermined all around us today.
Encouraging Disciple-Scholars in the Social Sciences
Many believers have distanced from sacred conviction in order to be “neutral” researchers – without recognizing the alternative worldview they are embracing. There is a better way.
Reaching for a Zion Beyond Partisan Warfare
It’s important to raise our voices to defend truth. But especially in confusing and difficult moments, it’s also important to come together to seek a better understanding of the full truth of a matter.
A Better Conversation about HB 11
The problem with HB 11 was not its failure to reach compromise on the question of transgender athletic participation, but limiting its scope to a single question, where only one set of competing interests could be served in the end.
The Other Religion
The ongoing disaffection of educated church members in North America can’t be understood apart from the recent emergence of an appealing alternative religion.
The Motte, the Bailey, and Gospel of Instagram
Beware those who would use your good heart to deceive you into accepting bad arguments.
Belonging and Believing in Conservative and Liberal Religion
Part two of a series exploring differences in conservative and liberal approaches to faith – with a focus on competing ways conservative and liberal-leaning believers tend to approach authority and belonging.
The Parable of the Lenses
A modern-day parable for a world of competing interpretations, and very little patience for attempting to understand these differences.
Is Popular Discourse Set Up to Point Us Towards Truth?
It’s understandable why we take for granted that our national conversations about all sorts of things are orienting us towards the truth of the matter. But what if they’re not?
The Fantasy Story Americans Love to Tell about Science
Does religious commitment by a scientist or university corrupt the neutral scientific process? Only if you’ve come to believe a popular myth about science itself.
