Tag: politics
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Evangelicalism in the Trump Era
I grew up in the Evangelical Christian world. Its various tenets that were most vaulted were: Missions (spreading the Gospel to other nations) Marriage sanctity and nuclear family (one man / one woman, having children) Christian education (curriculum designed for Christian families to be apart from non-Christian public education) American patriotism (gun rights, strict Constitutional…
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Gym Philosophy: return to normal
“I dunno, I think this is all ok. We got the first black president out of the way. We got the first woman out of the way. Now we got a billionaire president out of the way. Maybe soon we can get back to normal again.” – some dude at my gym one morning
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The mystical comfort of music
Immediately following the 2016 US presidential election, the very last place I wanted to go to for comfort was my church. I’m not alone in this. I attend a fairly-conservative, mostly-white Republican Evangelical church in a similarly populated town. As a registered Democrat, I suddenly felt politically and ideologically “naked” among my fellow parishioners like…
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Polity
Cowardice asks the question: “Is it safe”? Expediency asks the question: “Is it politic”? Vanity asks the question: “Is it popular?” But conscience asks the question: “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one’s…
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Electoral Epistemology
I was speaking with someone recently about tomorrow’s election and they brought up a very good point that I want to explore in myself.
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2008 Rally
Sarah and I went to the Barack rally back in September. It was quite an experience, having never been this involved in politics before. Here are some pictures…
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Pop culture and the Canon
Guest reader Sarah’s comment on my blog post about movies referenced in Christian books got me to thinking.
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Herofication
Remember a few years ago when Chris Columbus was going through the retroactive wringer? The historians were brutal to the man.