Christopher Shannon

The historical roots of “My body, my choice” invite a political reckoning

Edicts from above are not sufficient. But they may be necessary.

If politics is in and evangelism out among American evangelicals, are they really evangelicals?

What the evolution of Sinn Féin nationalism reveals about the contemporary “crisis” of liberalism

Early visions for Catholic Ireland provide a counterpoint to today’s rhetoric about “Christian America”

Making the “sacred cause of liberty” a little less sacred might get us somewhere

Pining for the ideological uniformity of the past does little to address the institutional needs of the present

The Kingdom of God is within us, but we are also within it

Is society a conspiracy against freedom? Or is it freedom’s hope?

If libertarianism has recently united these old foes, maybe opposition to it can, too

Is there yet a way to seize its promise?

Don’t be deceived: In American politics, it’s religion all the way down