The Most Corrosive Claim in American Politics: “Everything You’ve Been Told Is Wrong”
Does anti-elite media sharpen or shatter judgment? Extremist talking heads destabilize reality and easing moral inversion.
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Perspective: Religion Can Support the Constitution. A Religious ‘Takeover’ Does Not
Constitutional conflicts can arise when religious language and behavior take an aggressive and domineering posture toward government and society as a whole.
When God Refuses to Fix the World: The Politics of John 6
Why do extremes fail? John 6 reveals why loaves and fishes do not justify utopian politics over covenant conversion.
The Respectability Trap: Saints, Status, and the Cost of Acceptance
Can believers thrive in a world that disdains their faith? Their strength lies in embracing outsider status.
Reflections on 9/11: Why America’s Unity Didn’t Last
What broke the post-9/11 unity? A patriotic renewal couldn’t withstand the rise of cultural and political fractures.
Reinterpreting the Good Samaritan in Today’s Immigration Debate
Humanitarianism versus Christianity: a critique of modern interpretations of the Good Samaritan in immigration debates.
Latter-day Saints and White Christian Nationalism
I sit down with Carl Cranney and Christopher Cunningham to talk about white christian nationalism, which is making the rounds in the news. We discuss what the Latter-day Saint response should be to the phenomenon, and how we’re really doing on things. We also talk about two recent articles, one by Christopher in Public Square Magazine, and another by Dr. Taylor Petrey in The Salt Lake Tribune.
White. Christian. Nationalism.
Is this really the greatest threat to American democracy, or is something else going on?
Has Politics Become Your New Religion?
Is the kingdom you seek in this world or the next? Here’s a little self-assessment to tell if it’s time to look in the mirror.
Our Highest Identity
When we look at people as members of a group first, someone’s true character and passions may be overlooked. We feel like we understand when we understand very little.
The Middle Ground is Disappearing
As the doctrine of the “self-centered” West becomes increasingly distinct from the doctrines of the Restored Gospel, the faithful can no longer stay in a middle ground.