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A magazine of public theology. Pull up a chair to our long and unruly banquet table.

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“Diluting pure theology or diluting pure ideology in order to win is part of what makes democracy a good thing: that there are no full victories, there are only partial victories.”

Shadi Hamid, in conversation with Matthew Kaemingk, on the US midterms.
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comment.org Reflections on the Blue Wave America elected its first Muslim US senator and a pastor in Kansas. What did faith do in the 2026 midterms, and can an election tell us about God?

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“Moral reflexes are fleeting; slop is eternal.”

Sarah Griffin-Troutner on algorithms, attention, and early motherhood.
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comment.org Raising Baby Henry in the Age of AI Our children are alive to the wonder of the world, but they will inevitably be dulled. Parents can learn from them and mirror their wonder back to them.

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“To listen to a story is to open a space for someone to re-narrate life.”

Christine Jeske on listening to strangers across the American West.
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comment.org How to Talk to Strangers On a motorcycling trip across the American West with her family, Christine Jeske learned what happens when we pay attention to strangers.

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“Choices seem to be a kind of necessary but maybe insufficient framework for thinking about how our lives end and how to die well.”

Listen to our latest Understory episode, a panel discussion on assisted dying, palliative care, and dying well.
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comment.org Assistance in Living, Assistance in Dying Assisted dying is spreading across the West as palliative care goes underfunded. Physicians, a chaplain, and a design researcher ask what dying well requires.

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“All cultures are directed by a vision of the good life. But sometimes those visions are mirages.”

Doug Sikkema on desire, self-control, and the humanities.
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comment.org Great Books and the Good Life The theme of self-control crops up again and again in the great books, changing in its encounter with the Christian tradition.