The Christian Civics Blog
Loving God with all our mind, when what’s on our mind is politics.
Welcome to the Fold: How to Respond to Christians Abandoning Trump
Believers who have already spent months puzzled as to how people who agree with us about Jesus can deign to support a candidate who we detest have a difficult choice to make: We can lord the change of heart over them or we can make an effort to provide them a path to repentance.
Understanding Cyber Security (Part One)
Cyber Security is a relatively new topic in politics and government, and it has taken on a new importance this election cycle.
Me, We, Them, and Us
Our collective functioning might be better described as miracle rather than natural. It takes work. But it is also how we were meant to be.
Everyday Tragedies
It’s tempting to feel like we are in a moment of unprecedented chaos and disorder.
We aren’t.
More Than Voters
Those of us who identify with Jesus can and must begin to address the heart-break and the fear of the previous week. We begin by renouncing our complicity in the stereotyping and polarization of our time.
Postmodern Politics: Thoughts on the Brexit Referendum Campaigns
A British pastor shares his thoughts on “Brexit.”
Languages of the Unheard
A new Body Politic writer shares about the difficulties he sees in learning to listen to forms of speech that leave him unsettled—riots and nationalism.
