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Elizabeth Bruenig

Hey Silicon Valley, “Christianity…is not a religion that can reliably deliver socially desirable outcomes, nor is it intended to be.”

John Fea   |  March 27, 2025

Over at The Atlantic, Elizabeth Bruenig reviews ZoĂ« Bernard’s Vanity Fair essay on Silicon Valley tech workers converting to Christianity. A taste of Bruenig’s piece: American Christianity has a tendency to produce forms of belief and practice that are facially […]

The problem with J.D. Vance’s Catholicism

John Fea   |  February 11, 2025

Here is Elizabeth Bruenig at The Atlantic: Late last month, hundreds of leaders from Catholic relief and aid organizations met for the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, D.C. What ensued was “a scene of real panic,” Stephen Schneck, […]

MAGA is not about issues. It is about owning the libs

John Fea   |  November 22, 2024

Over at The Atlantic, Elizabeth Bruenig has a theory about why Trump is so popular. A taste: Consensus on the causes of Trump’s sweeping electoral victory has formed around the idea that voters were responding to Democratic performance on material […]

2023 Pulitzer Prizes announced

John Fea   |  May 10, 2023

Here are few of the prizes that caught my eye: Feature Writing (Finalist): Elizabeth Bruenig for her work on the death penalty in Alabama. History (Winner): Jefferson Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power History (Finalist): […]