Modeling God, a kind of self-help/theology book by inventor and entrepreneur J.G. Lenhart, is nothing if not ambitious. Its “God Model” is a set of spiritual principles that supposedly define God’s nature completely and guarantee followers perfect harmony with the Almighty and with other men.
As you might guess, the book doesn’t fulfill these breathtaking [...]
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Review of “God’s Politics”: the case for a “Religious Left”
It was lonely being a Christian opposed to George Bush’s re-election in 2004. The religious solidarity he inspired was unprecedented, with evangelicals regarding his Iraq war and other controversial policies as the principled convictions of a godly man. This led to criticism that his faith was unjustly shielding him from accountability. Though this sentiment was [...]
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