Living in Imperial Decline
In the cacophony of voices reacting to the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the US government, one sentiment is largely missing: shame. We—all of us—should be ashamed of ourselves for letting this happen, for lowering our standards for decent, humane conduct, for becoming morally and culturally illiterate. All of us, but especially Christians, should be dismayed, especially by the emergence of leaders who, rather than denying such a thing is even real, proudly and openly call themselves “Christian nationalists.”