Institute for Christian Socialism
For more than two thousand years, the idea of “selling your soul” has generated a moral shock in the Western world. Only by recognizing the long history of “selling your soul” can we understand why a famously anti-religious thinker like Marx would end up quoting from Genesis in this manner.
Rudi Mucaj looks at the religious influences shaping the Democratic Farm Labor Party and progressive politics in the Midwest.
Roberto Che Espinoza, a Trans activist, theologian, and pastor reflects on what Alfred, New York, has taught him about following Jesus at the end of the US empire and amid the political crises of a second Trump presidency.
The road to beating Trumpism and displacing failed liberalism lies through a rebuilding of multiracial working-class solidarity.
William Horne examines Frederick Douglass’ critique of White piety in US American Christianity.
“These two developments in labor and religion would be misunderstood if they were seen primarily as matters of party politics,” writes Joerg Rieger in a reflection on the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.
Jeromiah Taylor profiles The Anvil Library, a digital collection and curation of radical Christian zines, in search of strategies for embodying the ideals of the Christian left.
Matt McManus reviews the colossal new book by philosopher Charles Taylor, “Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment,” a messy and beautiful exploration of the attempt made by modern poets to find meaning amidst the modern world.
Ben Dormus remembers the late Jane McAlevey and what her “whole-worker” organizing methods can teach the church.
Amir Marshi reflects on the history of Christian Zionism, its erasure of the Palestinian people, and complicity in the ongoing Nakba.