Category: faith
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Render Unto Caesar?

Render Unto Caesar? Faith’s Growing Footprint in American Government — the Data, the Courts, and Both Sides Few phrases generate more heat and less agreement in American political discourse right now than “Christian nationalism.” To some, it names a genuine and growing threat to constitutional government. To others, it is a smear designed to delegitimize…
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Re-Examining the Formation of the Biblical Canon: Power, Exclusion, and the Lost Voices of Intuition, Sovereignty, and the Divine Feminine

The formation of the Christian biblical canon remains one of the most debated subjects in religious studies. Popular narratives—such as the idea that Emperor Constantine assembled bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE to vote on which books would become Scripture—reflect modern concerns about institutional authority more than historical fact. Yet these narratives…