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Essays

The dispute appears to have burst onto the scene from nowhere, but in reality, this is the latest in a long history of intense debates, dating back to the early modern world of the Westminster Divines.

“What Would Jesus Cut?” The Budget as a Moral Document

Yesterday morning I got an email from Sojourners, one of my favorite progressive Christian organizations, asking for a donation to help deliver “What Would Jesus Cut?” bracelets to every member of Congress. The message? “To challenge elected officials and the administration to remember their moral priorities when they vote on the budget.” […]

This speaks to a division in our politics, a separation of policy from the profound. President Obama sounded like a technocratic Ronald Reagan – optimistic that we can out-compete emerging nations.