"For Love of Neighbor" is a new documentary film offering a hopeful vision for Christian engagement in politics. Click here to learn more.

Theology

The Limits and Advantages of Systemic Racism Theory for Christian Thought

| November 2, 2020 | Blog Contributor

The Limits and Advantages of Systemic Racism Theory for Christian Thought
In the wake of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the deaths of other black victims of police violence, discussions about racial justice have concerned tiers of racism — individual, institutional, and systemic. The philosophical underpinning of these terms makes...
Read More
Grace Seyoum
Grace Seyoum is currently a sophomore at Northwest University pursuing a double major in political science and English. She was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog.

Material Political Ends and Immanent Christianity

| October 16, 2020

Material Political Ends and Immanent Christianity
As American politics has become more polarized, American Christians have followed suit. On the left, many progressive Christians embrace socialist ideas and semi-revolutionary tactics as the most effective means of achieving social justice. On the right, post-liberals...
Read More
Collin Slowey
Collin Slowey is a student at Baylor University, where he studies political science, and is the 2020 fall intern for the Initiative on Faith and Public Life.

Toil and Angst: A book review of “On the Road with Saint Augustine” by James K.A. Smith

| February 19, 2020 | Faith

Toil and Angst: A book review of “On the Road with Saint Augustine” by James K.A. Smith
The disarray of post-graduate life left me in existential and theological angst. Why was transitioning to working full time in a city of opportunity at my dream first job so difficult and spattered with discontentment? Why were all of my friends, also working jobs...
Read More
Aryana Petrosky Roberts
Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University, and is a former John Jay Institute Fellow.