Tyler Huckabee

1 week ago | sojo.net | Tyler Huckabee

“The problem with the meritocracy ... [is that it] leeches all the empathy out of your society.” The right-wing political commentator Tucker Carlson said that back in 2017 and, by my lights, there’s a kernel of truth there. It almost echoes the early 20th-century sociologist Max Weber’s critique of the Protestant work ethic, how Americans are trained to see wealth as a just reward for living a good life and poverty as punishment for living a bad one; an economic spin on Calvinism.

Jan 20, 2025 | anabaptistworld.org | Tyler Huckabee

My homeschool American history textbook was a trip, and it saw the arc of the United States bending toward fulfillment of biblical prophecy. The narrative of America as God’s favorite country is not without its hiccups, and to the hyperconservative evangelical mind, one major bump was the presidency of Jimmy Carter, the last true evangelical. It’s ironic.

Jan 16, 2025 | religionnews.com | Tyler Huckabee

(RNS) — In a 2007 BAFTA interview, David Lynch said that “Believe it or not, ‘Eraserhead’ is my most spiritual film.” “Elaborate on that,” prompted his interviewer. “No.”I wish he had. I’ve sifted through “Eraserhead” and have found about as much spiritual content there as in any of Lynch’s other work, which is to say: quite a bit. Lynch, who died on Thursday (Jan. 16) at the age of 78, was creatively fearless when it came to exploring the world beyond our physical senses.

Jan 9, 2025 | religionnews.com | Tyler Huckabee

(RNS) — My homeschool American history textbook was a trip, and it saw the arc of the United States bending toward fulfillment of biblical prophecy. The narrative of America as God’s favorite country is not without its hiccups, and to the hyperconservative evangelical mind, one major bump was the presidency of Jimmy Carter, the last true evangelical. It’s ironic.

Jan 7, 2025 | religionnews.com | Tyler Huckabee

(RNS) — Bono was far from the first non-American Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, but he may be the most existentially American recipient. Not in the sense of where he was born, but in the sense of his obsessions. Bono has never become an official U.S. citizen, but maybe this slight remove has allowed him to see America a little more clearly. Because when his band, U2, is operating at its peak, it’s capable of dissecting this nation with a rare and effective ruthlessness.