Institute for Christian Socialism
At the height of the Cold War, a Nicaraguan poet moved to the woods of Kentucky to contemplate God with a celebrity monk. Their friendship—grounded in politics, poetry, and religion—is a model for today’s cosmopolitan left.
Mennonite pastor Jay Bergen, subject of TikTok scrutiny, reflects on being arrested for Gaza solidarity and how faith-based direct action is reshaping religious resistance to US-backed violence in Palestine.
In an age when capitalism defines virtue as profit, Tawney offers a forgotten moral language and creed for a left that has lost faith in both religion and justice.
In Melville and James, Kuiper uncovers a shared vision of radical democracy and a spiritually infused socialism rooted in both nature and imagination.
Colton Bernasol interviews Cynthia Moe Lobeda on the “Building a Moral Economy” book series, discussing the damaging effects of capitalism and the religious resources needed to imagine a moral economy.
Mental health practitioner Gabes Torres reflects on the desire for spectacle in social change and the need for grassroots organizing to embody practices of listening, rest, and collective care.
New York’s first socialist mayor, George R. Lunn, sought to put “Christianity applied” into practice at the city level.
Filipino hip-hop albums Kolateral and Walang Panginoon ang Lupa embody prophetic art, confronting fascism, capitalism, and empire.
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf confronts Trump’s deportation regime by embracing the sanctuary movement as a faithful stand against state violence and moral injury.
Matt McManus considers Habermas’s optimistic vision for modern philosophy in the final volume of “Also a History of Philosophy.”