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The Politics of the Gospel
Plough’s Peter Mommsen sits down for a conversation with Cornel West and Robert P. George.
Cornel West
Robert P. George
Interview
The Bruderhof and the State
A lawyer reflects on how his Christian community interacts with government.
John W. Huleatt
Essay
Tolstoy’s Case Against Humane War
“Get rid of falsehood and let war be war and not a game.”
Samuel Moyn
Essay
Reading Romans 13 Under Fascism
The state is God’s order for hell. But Christians belong to an order of absolute love.
Eberhard Arnold
Essay
Holding Our Own
Is the future of Islam in the West communal?
Shadi Hamid
Essay
The Martyr in Street Clothes
An icon reveals the hidden power of a friendship beyond boundaries.
Stephanie Saldaña
Essay

From the Editor

Pick the Right Politics
Caesar will remain Caesar, doing some good and some bad. But we report to a different king.
Peter Mommsen
From the Editor

Insights

Living with Strangers
The isolation built into mainstream American life is bad for the soul.
D L Mayfield
Essay
What Are Prophets For?
God is raging in the prophets’ words.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Reading
A Letter to the Emperor
Milan, AD 390: In response to a massacre instigated by emperor Theodosius I, the bishop of the city urges him to repent.
Ambrose of Milan
Reading
The Woman Who Carried Me
We choose to thrive. To live. To love. To forgive.
Melissa Ohden
Reading

Web Exclusives

Christian Nonviolence and Church History
What would happen if all the Christians in the world refused to kill?
Ronald J. Sider

Arts & Letters

Jakob Hutter
So we now find ourselves out in the wilderness, on a desolate heath under the open sky.
Jakob Hutter
Reading
Saint Patrick
And so now you, Coroticus and your gangsters, rebels all against Christ, now where do you see yourselves?
Reading
Oscar Romero
No soldier is obliged to obey an order against the law of God.
Oscar Romero
Reading
Boys Aren’t the Problem
Today’s early childhood situation is that of a system driven by one-size-fits-all academic anxiety.
Sally Thomas
Reviews
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Conscientious Objector”
Am I a spy in the land of the living, that I should deliver men to death?
Julian Peters
Comic
Van Gogh Comics
“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow there.”
Comic
American Muslims: Race, Faith, and Political Allegiance
Forum
Ministers and Magistrates
Forum