The Bias provides regular digital content that establishes the voice and perspectives of the Christian Left.
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.
The road to beating Trumpism and displacing failed liberalism lies through a rebuilding of multiracial working-class solidarity.
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
Rudi Mucaj looks at the religious influences shaping the Democratic Farm Labor Party and progressive politics in the Midwest.
Working to dismantle homophobia and transphobia and build Christian communities fully committed to queer political movements.
Kendall Gunter reviews Lee Edelman’s Bad Education, asking if queer theology provides a better response for how to love the world.
Christine Emba’s recent book attempts to diagnose the malaise of contemporary sex culture. But her persistent avoidance of queer experience and theory, as well as an insufficient analysis of capitalism, thwarts her attempt at a new sexual ethic beyond consent.
A new book from the creators of the Bad Gays podcast explores the morally problematic lives of queer people from ancient to modern times. What unites these figures isn’t their “transgressiveness” but their persistent refusal of solidarity.
“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.
Matt McManus engages the ambition and omissions in Kevin Vallier’s All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternative to Liberalism.
Through analysis and critique of right-wing Christians, identifying how to equip and empower anti-fascist and liberatory forms of faith.
Colton Bernasol interviews author and philosopher Matt McManus on the nature, origins, and proponents of right-wing political thinking.
Matt McManus reviews Patrick Deneen’s Regime Change and critiques the autocratic and aristocratic postliberal future it offers.
Adrian Vermeule’s new book was not written to persuade hostile readers, but to provide ammunition for his allies. It gives us a peek under the hood of postliberalism—and the contents are both shoddy and dangerous.
Kendall Gunter reviews Lee Edelman’s Bad Education, asking if queer theology provides a better response for how to love the world.
Colton Bernasol interviews author and philosopher Matt McManus on the nature, origins, and proponents of right-wing political thinking.
Gary Dorrien unpacks the formation of Martin Luther King Jr.’s full-orbed Christian socialism and the role it played in his activism and the Black freedom movement.
Matt McManus analyzes philosopher Charles Taylor’s account of modernity—unpacking both the contributions and limits of Taylor’s work.
Klaus Yoder profiles Law and Order Catholicism and points towards a non-dualistic vision of faith and safety.
Christopher Cruz recounts the history of the Young Lords and how their activism calls Christians to use our political power for the many.
