Richard Mouw: Civil Evangelicalism
Fish, fowl — and faith
By Richard Mouw — August 29, 2017
The farmer did not want to reduce chickens to something less than they are. But neither did he want make them into something more. They are chickens, and that is a sufficient reason to treat them with some dignity—chicken dignity.
Comparing Trump to two biblical kings
By Richard Mouw — July 18, 2017
I’m glad that many of my fellow evangelicals agree that we should expect Trump to be like King David and Cyrus in his leadership. The time is ripe to conduct a job performance review in this regard.
Are Chinese Christians persecuted? Not exactly
By Richard Mouw — July 12, 2017
I saw no sign of it last month when I visited Harbin, a city of ten million in the northeastern province of Heilongjian.
Reinhold Niebuhr: the theologian politicians read
By Richard Mouw — June 6, 2017
One could argue that having an influence on public leaders more than on his theological colleagues was an intentional strategy on Niebuhr’s part.
What we can learn from the Dutch on Memorial Day
By Richard Mouw — May 24, 2017
DRIEBERGEN, Netherlands (RNS) Once a year in the Netherlands, joggers in the park stop running for two minutes. Bicyclists pull over to the side of the road. Television sets and radios are turned off. Parents hush their children. And in many villages and cities people congregate in public spaces for a communal ceremony.
Do evangelicals lack ‘intellectual heft’ for the Supreme Court?
By Richard Mouw — May 8, 2017
(RNS) While evangelical scholars continue to address the important issues of the mind, we also need to be working more generally on the spirit we bring to public engagement.
The gifts of science are worth celebrating
By Richard Mouw — April 18, 2017
(RNS) Large numbers of us, including many fine scientists, accept the gifts of scientific investigation with deep gratitude.
Government: Does size matter?
By Richard Mouw — April 5, 2017
I find myself quickly going beyond the limits set by those who speak most loudly about “getting the government out of our lives.”
Abraham Kuyper: after a century, in the news again
By Richard Mouw — March 30, 2017
For those of us who have been working for an increasing influence of Kuyper’s in North American evangelicalism, where a mean-spiritedness is often on display in dealing with issues in the public square, we can only regret the Princeton controversy.
What we’ve lost in going from ‘dining’ to ‘grazing’
By Richard Mouw — March 27, 2017
The family meal serves as an important early workshop in civility.
Divine patience in confused times
By Richard Mouw — March 20, 2017
Martin Luther King was clear about the fact that, in spite of appearances to the contrary, things really are moving in the right direction.
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