Christianity

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Cultural Reformation from the Bottom Up

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 23, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Marxists love the phrase “from the bottom up” - the idea of grassroots reform that overcomes nefarious capitalist overlords. It’s generally just posturing, of course. Marxism is most often an elitist faith imposed from above on unwilling or uncomprehending masses.
Nevertheless, I think the concept has merit, especially for conservative Christians. We’ve devoted […]

Christian Conversions and Chinese Nationalism

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 22, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

I’ve read a lot of pieces on the explosive growth of Christianity in China. Many of these articles claim that a Christianized China would be a much better friend to the United States - this one, for instance. The idea is that a Christian China would be more democratic in its […]

God is not a Republican.

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 19, 2008 ⋅ 15 comments

You know that. I know that. But I want to make sure you know that I know that.
It’s a tricksy thing writing a blog that covers both politics and Christianity. (For the record, I’m an old skool Calvinist who thinks even Cotton Mather was too wishy-washy at times.) It’s not always easy […]

The 5 Books Which Most Impacted You

By J. Wesley ⋅ April 3, 2008 ⋅ 26 comments

What five books did the most to make you the person you are? They can be from any category — children’s books, popular novels, academic books, anything.

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