Civil Liberties
The States Project
Illinois: An Autoworker Reconciles God and Mammon
An Autoworker Reconciles God and Mammon.
By Christopher D. CantwellReport
Passages: A Glimpse into the Hobby Lobby Family’s Bible Museum
On a humid afternoon in early July, I pulled into the parking lot of a nondescript warehouse just off Highway 65 in Springfield, Missouri. Flanked …
By Rachel McBride LindseyReview
Us v. Them: The Pitfalls of Righteous Rhetoric
Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America By Leslie Dorrough Smith Oxford University Press, 2014 On June 19 of this year, the …
By Emily JohnsonEssay
For Michael Brown, Justice Is Not a Gift. It’s a Right.
“This whole Michael Brown thing,” a local white business owner informed me, “is a case of reverse racism!” The Saint Louis native continued, “Those people …
By Lerone A. MartinEssay
The Hope of Ferguson
In May 1970 four unarmed college students were shot to death by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University. The iconic image …
By Laurie F. Maffly-KippThe Table
Amnesty Is Not the Answer Without Genuine Border Security
Over the last several years numerous prominent evangelical officials and agencies have assertively advocated mass legalization of illegal immigrants as a biblical imperative. They joined …
By Mark TooleyThe Table
The Blame Belongs to House Republicans
Long a priority of the faith community, comprehensive immigration reform is dead. Our response to thousands of unaccompanied children arriving at our southern border points …
By Jacob LupferThe Table
We Must Fix Our Broken Immigration System
The U.S. immigration system is broken. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents have argued that the immigration system is in urgent need of an overhaul. Essentially we …
By Gabriel SalgueroEssay
Does God Hate Shrimp? When Biblical Citation Goes Awry
One of the most popular “West Wing” clips on YouTube is President Josiah Bartlet’s biblically-based takedown of a conservative radio talk-show host (a thinly veiled …
By Emily A. FillerInterview
The Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Interview with Charles Marsh
On April 9, 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Christian theologian who opposed the Nazis, was hanged by the regime on the grounds of a concentration …
By Tiffany Stanley