<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>politics Archives - Stephen Barkley</title> <atom:link href="https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/politics/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/politics/</link> <description>Teacher | Writer | Practical Theologian</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:46:24 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5343192</site> <item> <title>Christian Left or Right | Brian Zahnd</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2022/03/25/christian-left-or-right-brian-zahnd/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2022/03/25/christian-left-or-right-brian-zahnd/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:30:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adjective]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brian Zahnd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IVP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=11602</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The problem with the Christian left and the Christian right is that Christian gets reduced to adjective duty in service of the all-important ideological noun, and the last thing the world or the church needs is another reactionary left-right ideologue. —Zahnd, When Everything's On Fire, 161.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2022/03/25/christian-left-or-right-brian-zahnd/">Christian Left or Right | Brian Zahnd</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2022/03/25/christian-left-or-right-brian-zahnd/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11602</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Jesus and John Wayne | Kristin Kobes Du Mez</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/10/11/jesus-and-john-wayne-kristin-kobes-du-mez/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/10/11/jesus-and-john-wayne-kristin-kobes-du-mez/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:30:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biblical manhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evangelicalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kristin Kobes Du Mez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liveright]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=11251</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>“I just plugged my nose and voted.” When I hear evangelicals defend their 2016 vote for Donald Trump, it’s usually a variation on this theme. Sure he’s an amoral scandal-magnet, but at least he’s a capital “C” Conservative. When forced to choose between a rogue and the party that stands for abortion rights, the choice [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/10/11/jesus-and-john-wayne-kristin-kobes-du-mez/">Jesus and John Wayne | Kristin Kobes Du Mez</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/10/11/jesus-and-john-wayne-kristin-kobes-du-mez/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11251</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Awaiting the King | James K. A. Smith</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/09/27/awaiting-the-king-james-k-a-smith/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/09/27/awaiting-the-king-james-k-a-smith/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:30:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baker Academic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cultural Liturgies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James K. A. Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[political theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=11235</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Awaiting the King rounds out James K. A. Smith’s Cultural Liturgies trilogy in a different way than originally planned. This book was first envisioned as “‘Hauerwas for Kuyperians’, a come-to-Yoder altar call” (xi)—something that sounded quite appealing to me! However, as Smith’s assumptions shifted throughout the writing of the first two volumes (not to mention [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/09/27/awaiting-the-king-james-k-a-smith/">Awaiting the King | James K. A. Smith</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/09/27/awaiting-the-king-james-k-a-smith/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11235</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Church and Politics | James K. A. Smith</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/13/church-and-politics-james-k-a-smith/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/13/church-and-politics-james-k-a-smith/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:30:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baker Academic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ecclesiology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James K. A. Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=11244</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The church is not a soul-rescue depot that leaves us to muddle through the regrettable earthly burden of "politics" in the meantime; the church is a body politic that invites us to imagine how politics could be otherwise. — Smith, Awaiting the King, 16.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/13/church-and-politics-james-k-a-smith/">Church and Politics | James K. A. Smith</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/13/church-and-politics-james-k-a-smith/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11244</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Rumours of Glory | Bruce Cockburn</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/05/18/rumours-of-glory-bruce-cockburn/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/05/18/rumours-of-glory-bruce-cockburn/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 11:30:56 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bruce Cockburn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[environmentalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[God]]></category> <category><![CDATA[love]]></category> <category><![CDATA[memoir]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=10659</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I first listened to Bruce Cockburn in the fall of 1996. Sure, I had heard bits and pieces of his work—”If I had a Rocket Launcher,” “If a Tree Falls in the Forest”—but I had never really listened. I remember the year because I was on internship in Windsor, living with my buddy Brian and [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/05/18/rumours-of-glory-bruce-cockburn/">Rumours of Glory | Bruce Cockburn</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/05/18/rumours-of-glory-bruce-cockburn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10659</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Righteous Mind | Jonathan Haidt</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/03/02/the-righteous-mind-jonathan-haidt/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/03/02/the-righteous-mind-jonathan-haidt/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:30:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conservative]]></category> <category><![CDATA[disgust]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ezekiel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[intuition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jonathan Haidt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moral psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[morality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[praxis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reasoning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vintage Books]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=10522</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>They say that there are two things you should not talk about in polite company: politics and religion. Well, I’m a pastor. I do talk religion—I can’t help it! Politics is more difficult. Even though I know the divide between politics and religion is a modern Western innovation, I still find it easier to back [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/03/02/the-righteous-mind-jonathan-haidt/">The Righteous Mind | Jonathan Haidt</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2020/03/02/the-righteous-mind-jonathan-haidt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10522</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Pentecost, Hospitality, and Transfiguration | Daniela C. Augustine</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/04/01/pentecost-hospitality-and-transfiguration-daniela-c-augustine/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/04/01/pentecost-hospitality-and-transfiguration-daniela-c-augustine/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:30:14 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[communism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CPT Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daniela C. Augustine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hospitality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pentecostalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trinity]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=10034</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I had the opportunity to hear Daniela C. Augustine respond to a paper at the Society for Pentecostal Studies this year (2019). She was so insightful and passionate, I decided to pick up her book at the CPT table—and I’m glad that I did. Augustine, an Eastern European, brings her uniquely Orthodox-inspired way of understanding [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/04/01/pentecost-hospitality-and-transfiguration-daniela-c-augustine/">Pentecost, Hospitality, and Transfiguration | Daniela C. Augustine</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/04/01/pentecost-hospitality-and-transfiguration-daniela-c-augustine/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10034</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Symeon the New Theologian: A Saint Of And For His Times</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/11/02/symeon-new-theologian-saint-times/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/11/02/symeon-new-theologian-saint-times/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:30:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Research Papers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[contextual theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greek Orthodoxy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicetas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pentecostalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Symeon the New Theologian]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=8252</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/11/02/symeon-new-theologian-saint-times/">Symeon the New Theologian: A Saint Of And For His Times</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/11/02/symeon-new-theologian-saint-times/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8252</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Political Faith | Randy Balmer</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/20/political-faith-randy-balmer/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/20/political-faith-randy-balmer/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brazos Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[faith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[influence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Randy Balmer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scot McKnight]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=7431</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Once you identify the faith with a particular candidate or party or with the quest for political influence, ultimately it is the faith that suffers. —Randy Balmer in Scot McKnight, Kingdom Conspiracy (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2014). 204.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/20/political-faith-randy-balmer/">Political Faith | Randy Balmer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/20/political-faith-randy-balmer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7431</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Christianity | Diarmaid MacCulloch</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/07/07/christianity-diarmaid-macculloch/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/07/07/christianity-diarmaid-macculloch/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Diarmaid MacCulloch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Penguin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viking]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=6721</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Diarmaid MacCulloch must be a walking encyclopedia. In Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, he has written a thousand page behemoth which covers (as the subtitle suggests), three millennia of human history. I don't exaggerate when I say "human history," either. One of the things I realized during my reading of this book was that nothing happens [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/07/07/christianity-diarmaid-macculloch/">Christianity | Diarmaid MacCulloch</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/07/07/christianity-diarmaid-macculloch/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">6721</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>