The Sophia Society Blog
How To Love Your Enemy in a Polarizing World
As thousands of white men stormed the Capitol with little resistance last month, I joined many others in wondering what would have happened if all those people…
Christ & Culture: 3 Ways to Resist Christian Nationalism
Is America a Christian nation? Was it ever? Should it be? Should Christians have power over culture, and what has happened to the marginalized when we were in power?
When Fascism Came to America
The insurrection at the Capitol Building wasn’t a spontaneous decision by rogue militants to commit treason, this day was decades in the making. Without a network of pastors, politicians…
Capitol Siege: The Price of Christian Patriarchy
Fueled by white rage, a culture-warrior mentality, and the idolatry of militant masculinity, evangelicals joined fascists, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis lashing out at a nation they no longer…
The Politics of Jesus
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but there is a Presidential Election next week. It promises to be one of the most factious contests in American history, dividing a nation and even pitting Christianity against itself. 82% of white evangelicals are expected to vote to…
“We Have No King But Caesar”
Last week, President Donald Trump appealed to evangelical voters by claiming Joe Biden will “hurt the Bible, hurt God” and that Biden, a lifelong Catholic, is “against God.” This isn’t the first time he…
Why I Don’t Want to Be Colorblind
A relative of mine is a talented artist and photographer. He creates beautiful, intricate wildlife paintings, digital art, and photographs. He's also fully colorblind. It never really…
Make No Peace With Oppression
Unfortunately in today’s America, the Bible has been used primarily to support the status quo rather than to challenge it. President Trump recently took an uninvited, tear-gas-laced field trip…
The Politics of Pentecost
If there is one unifying, but overlooked theme running from Genesis to Revelation, it’s this: The people of God almost always find themselves living in, yet being at odds with, the empires of this world. From Egypt…