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“Without a commons, there is no common good”: What religion can teach the secular Left.

John Fea   |  May 26, 2021

Over at Commonweal, David Albertson and Jason Blakeley argue that if the Left wants to succeed, they must address “the crisis of civic belonging.” Here is a taste: Much of the Left today is focused on proposing policies and dismantling structures....

The Pot-Smoking Dutch Calvinists Who Stopped “worshipping the Ph.D.” and Gave Their Students “guerrilla credentials.”

John Fea   |  May 20, 2020

I don’t pretend to know much about Dutch Calvinism in America or the differences between Abraham Kuyper and Herman Dooyeweerd. (There are good books on the subject, I would start with the work of James D. Bratt). But I know...

Thanks to Elizabeth Bruening for Reminding Buttigieg Fans that the Religious Left is Not New

John Fea   |  April 12, 2019

Some of you may recall my recent post, “Pete Buttieig: What is All the Fuss About?” Here is a taste: [Buttigieg] seems to be following some pretty well-established progressive/liberal/Democratic Christian political candidates, including George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart, Jesse...

Is Pete Buttigieg’s Religious Rhetoric Any Different Than the Rhetoric of the Christian Right?

John Fea   |  April 11, 2019

Peter Wehner makes a pretty good case at The Atlantic.  Here is a taste: ..And yet, precisely on the question of religion as an instrumental good, there is real cause for concern about Mayor Pete. His insistence that “Christian faith is going to point you...

The Author's Corner with Mark Lempke

  |  April 27, 2017

Mark Lempke is a visiting instructor  at the University at Buffalo–Singapore. This interview is based on his new book, My Brother’s Keeper: George McGovern and Progressive Christianity (University of Massachusetts Press, 2017). JF: What led you to write My Brother’s Keeper? ML: When I was an undergraduate...

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