Politics and faith

Here is a list of and link to various blog posts over the years that address issues of politics and faith.

Russiagate and peace on earth—March 29, 2019

Socialism and capitalism: Two exhausted labels—February 19, 2019

Trump and US democracy—February 16, 2019

Why abortion opponents should oppose Brett Cavanaugh…and all other Republicans—September 29, 2018

Impeach Trump? Not so fast—May 20, 2017

What kind of Christian politics? Some preliminary thoughts—April 5, 2017

The left/right schema must go: The task of moral political analysis—February 10, 2017

What would Jesus say about the Russians?—January 30, 2017

Faithful living in the Trump era

  1. The empire “breaks bad”: What happened?—November 29, 2016
  2. The empire “breaks bad”: What to expect and what to hope for—December 1, 2016
  3. The book of Revelation and America’s election—December 10, 2016
  4. The book of Revelation on living in empire—December 11, 2016
  5. On being informed—December 13, 2016
  6. Ten books for radical Christians—December 15, 2016

A pragmatic case for voting Green—November 7, 2016

Why, in the end, I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton—November 4, 2016

A simple way to world peace? Recognize America as “beast”—September 19, 2016

Misconstruing the Trump crisis—September 5, 2016

The missing peace in the Democratic National Convention—August 1, 2016

The case for Bernie Sanders—May 27, 2016

The humane person’s dilemma regarding “the war on terror”—December 14, 2015

A note on Romans 13 and Christian warism—November 30, 2015

Reversing World War II’s moral legacy (part 1)—June 3, 2013

Reversing World War II’s moral legacy (part 2)—June 4, 2013

Are pacifists moral relativists?—December 30, 2012

Faith and politics (including voting)—October 28, 2012

More thoughts about voting (or not) for a “warmonger”—October 19, 2012

Should a pacifist vote for a “warmonger”?—October 1, 2012

Christian attitudes toward war: Rethinking the typology—April 9, 2012

What about abortion?—October 30, 2011

Are we living under totalitarianism?—May 23, 2011

Romans 13 supports pacifism—May 1, 2011

Can the military do peace?—April 17, 2011

Pacifism and the Civil Rights Movement—March 13, 2011

World War II and America’s soul: Christian pacifist reflections—February 20, 2011