Diverse democracies are filled with “heretics”—citizens outside our religious and political tribes who dispute our vision of the good life and challenge all that we hold sacred. As democratic citizens, how should we respond to the heretics who contest the things we...
We don’t often think of the theatre as a democratic cornerstone, but talk to Oskar Eustis, the acclaimed artistic director at the Public Theater in New York City, and the stage shimmers into focus as the essential art form of a free society. Oskar has produced such...
Our most “combative” episode yet. Progressive secularism is on a winning streak. It has scored a number of significant political victories over those who hold traditional Christian and Muslim understandings of the moral life. How should people of faith respond? Our...
We’re finite beings with infinite potentialities. Every decision we make adds yet another stroke of paint to the artwork of our lives. So how do we know we’re painting with purpose? Joining Anne is Steven Lawson, the author of the Monk Manual, who has designed a...
Democracy is suffering from an overabundance of ideological certainty. Few citizens are willing (or able) to honestly express their doubts about their tribe. We can only project ideological certainty, purity, and strength—no wavering or weakness allowed. How might we...
Why is it that as human beings we so often see our limits as the enemy of the good life, and not as a helpful frame? Whether we’re chafing against 24-hour days, the betrayals of our bodies, our inevitable mortality, or the caps on our relational and psychological...
What's happening to our democracy? It feels like we're being torn apart by deep religious, cultural, and political differences. Welcome to Zealots at the Gate, where two scholars of faith and politics—a Muslim and a Christian—make a rather surprising claim. Together...
Comment is hardly alone in the effort to restore the human. Various philosophical streams have long been animated by the same telos. The question is: Do the differences in priors matter when it comes to working together towards re-humanizing every inch of our common...
We live in a time when the truth of the present has little authority while the truth of history is emerging in unprecedented fullness. This presents a quandary for the person of integrity: How does one keep growing without succumbing to the violence of one-way...
In a uniquely concentrated period of public injustice, from 2020-2021, a community of women found voice in the poetic lines of Psalm 37. Following David’s lead, they reflected on their experiences of heartache and oppression with raw openness and hopeful expectation....
An interview with Natalie Carnes about art, suffering, and medicine.
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