The Counter-Revolution Is Here
An assessment of Trumpism, democratic erosion, and where we go from here
David P. Gushee
Scripture, ethics, politics, books, and public life from a post-evangelical Christian ethicist.
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Trinity 13: The Love That Saves Our Souls
The God who delivers, the Christ who suffers, and the love that overcomes evil (Ex 3:1-15, Ps 26:1-8, Rom 12:9-21, Mt 16:21-28)
The Renegade Book of the Bible
Why Job has stayed with me for nearly fifty years—and what I think it is really about
What Comes After “Post-Evangelicalism’?
From exile and deconstruction to the messy work of building something new
Trinity 12: When Pharoah Commands Evil
Exodus 1–2 and the Courage to Refuse (Ex 1:8-2:10; Ps 124; Rom 12:1-8; Mt 16:13-20)
The Freedom of Not Being the Judge
Why we can leave the final verdict—on others and ourselves—to God
What Job Saw from the Dunghill
How suffering opened his eyes to the misery of the poor (Job 24)
Who Belongs to the Nation?
Yoram Hazony and the troubling politics of national cohesion.
Trinity 11: Grafted In
Four texts in intra-Jewish conversation (Gen 45:1-15; Ps 133; Rom 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matt 15:[10-20] 21-28).
Human Nature is Paradoxical
Another conviction that survived my journey beyond evangelicalism.
Why the 'Believers Churches' Have Not Been Able to Stop Our Descent into Authoritarian Reactionary Christianity
But The Story Is Not Over Yet
Post-Evangelical Churches Are Succeeding
And: a first try at a taxonomy.
When Religion Loses Its Moral Power, People Default to Their Self-Interest, or Worse
Engaging John Compton’s "The End of Empathy."
A Non-Anxious Christianity
A Conviction: Christian Faith Should Ease Anxiety, Not Create It