What In God's Name

You need to understand the underlying belief system that underwrites the moral world of the movement that goes by the name "Make America Great Again." Why? Because eventually this underlying belief system will bring down everything you cherish.

Progressivism is in retreat, not just in the United States but around the world. Catholic Social Teaching provides a wellspring to morally thirsty people. Can secular progressives come and drink?

The moral lens on our common life is a way to address our broken politics. Our politics is broken because we are an aimless people, unable to think and talk about meaning and purpose.

How a standard practice in reporting on federal judges increases cynicism and polarization.

On the necessity of hierarchies of virtue in a time of nihilism

Separating words from their meanings is a tactic in the battle to erode the authority of goodness to constrain powerful people from acting badly.

Using our government's recent security breach on Signal and Jeffrey Goldberg's reporting on it as a point of departure, we help you understand the friend/enemy binary in our society.

WIGN Short Form helps you understand the moral dimensions of our common life, and why they are important.

What In God's Name looks at the Zelenskyy-Trump meeting through the moral lens

Today: Religious literacy to the rescue? How are we to have more open and honest conversations about public questions? Brandon and his University of Virginia students have some answers.

We consider hope from a political and a theological perspective

Chris and Shayna bring the moral and theological lens to see more deeply into our moment.

The S1 Project presents at the "Frontiers of Democracy" conference at the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Here's a taste of the conversation we led.

We revisit the essential question from the 2024 HYPE Conference at the University of New Hampshire with Fin, NJ, Stella, and Taloosh

We talk about Christine Emba's article in The Atlantic

Higher Calling: A conversation about faith and politics between Senator Chris Coons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpK4B1Zifo

Here is the link to Ben's writing and commentary: https://benapeterson.com/

Chris and Shayna consider Ralph Ellison's quote, from his speech upon receiving the National Book Award in 1953: "The way home we seek, is that condition of man's being at home in the world, which is called love, and which we term democracy."

The Ethics Forum Website: https://www.souheganethicsforum.org/

Here is Jean Bethke Elshtain: https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/democracy/articles/democratic-authority-at-centurys-end

Jean Bethke Elshtain on Democratic Authority: https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/democracy/articles/democratic-authority-at-centurys-end

Rabbi Sharon Brous: https://ikar.org/team/rabbi-sharon-brous/ "This Is The Moral Earthquake" sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PuLI2atWPs

Here is the Religion in Revolt website: https://www.religionrevolt.org/

Here is Liz's article: https://liztheoharis.org/mike-johnsons-reading-of-scripture-misses-what-it-really-means-to-be-a-christian-nation/ Here is the Kairos Center: https://kairoscenter.org/

https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Democracy-Its-Christian-Enemies/dp/0802882935

Your view of human nature will shape your understanding of how democracy should be ordered for longevity. Your view of human nature may mean that you don't think democracy is sustainable.

Shayna's Reflection: I am an American, gender-queer, Jew and I am…  …terrified right now for innocent civilians in both Israel and Palestine, and for Jews everywhere as anti-semites around the world view the Hamas slaughter as permission to hit the gas pedal on their own hatred.  I am…  …pissed as hell at Hamas for unleashing what promises to be a disproportionate response by Israel, and pi...

Today's show refers to this writing: Religion News Service ran a story last week on the National Association of Christian Lawmakers, and their efforts to pass laws that (they claim) are based on Christianity. Specifically (from their website), they are about “abolishing abortion,” “restoring marriage between one man and one woman,” and (an often forgotten part of the Sermon on the Mount), “pr...