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Spring 2016 |Volume 34, Issue 1
The Rule of Law, The Way of Love
Now is not the time to defend "law and order." Trust has been lost in Ferguson and Baltimore and Chicago. And yet, the mechanisms of law, policing, punishment, and (hopefully) rehabilitation are a crucial feature of human society. The animating conviction of this issue of Comment is that if we want to understand and prophetically critique how it is legislated, enforced, and administered, we need to see the law-like nature of creation itself.
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- Editorial: The Rule of Law and the Way of Love
There is no opposition between law and mercy
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- World View: An Annotated Reading of Your World
Topics this issue include election campaigns, heavenly citizenship, the mayor of Montaigne, and why the Christian tradition has long seen publishing as mission.
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- Headquarters: Payday Lending
Cardus's "Banking on the Margins" project seeks non-legislative means of solving the moral problems of payday lending.
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- The Context of Love is the World: Liturgies of Incarceration
A professor went to prison to teach; he had a lot to learn.
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- Reasons for Law and the Bonds of Love
Why law is a gift from a loving God who wants us to flourish.
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- Church Discipline as a Public Good
What ancient Pharisees and modern Jezebels get right and wrong about discipline.
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- "His Law is Love, and His Gospel is Peace"
Learning to dance with God's law.
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- Worship as Public Legal Pedagogy
The church's public proclamation reminds society of the law—and grace—that transcends the state.
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- The Short and Tragic Lives of Black Youth
On culture and the constraints of "choice" and responsibility.
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- Justice, Beauty, and Habits of Waiting
Sometimes all the law needs is a little patience.
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- The Religious Roots of Rights Talk
Do Christian roots get in the way of a rights' consensus?
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- The Dignity of Confession
Learning to see the image of God in the most broken image bearers.
Contributors to this Issue
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Becca McBride Becca McBride is Assistant Professor, Political Science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bio -
Brian Dijkema Brian Dijkema is the Vice President of External Affairs with Cardus, and an editor of Comment. Bio -
Christen Borgman Yates Christen Borgman Yates is an artist and associate director of Theological Horizons. Bio -
David Dark David Dark, PhD, teaches in the College of Theology at Belmont University and among the incarcerated communities of Nashville, Tennessee. Bio -
David Henreckson David Henreckson is the Raquet Endowed Director’s Chair for the Institute of Leadership and Service and teaches in the honors program at Valparaiso University. Bio -
James K.A. Smith James K.A. Smith was the editor-in-chief of Comment from 2013-2018, and teaches philosophy at Calvin College. He is the new editor-in-chief of Image Journal. Bio -
Joan Lockwood O'Donovan Joan Lockwood O'Donovan is a theologian and academic who has lectured and written extensively in Christian political and social thought. Bio -
Jordan Ballor Dr. Jordan J. Ballor is a research fellow at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty. Bio -
Kevin Vickers Kevin Michael Vickers, ONB, is an ambassador, former Sergeant-at-Arms and former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. Bio -
Mark Mulder Mark Mulder is professor of sociology and director of the urban studies minor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bio -
Paul Brink Paul Brink is Professor of Political Science at Gordon College, in Wenham, Massachusetts. Bio -
Rhys McKendry Rhys McKendry is a Researcher at Cardus. He has an HBA from Western University and is a founding Alumnus of the Cardus*U Program. Bio
