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JP Baker in The Badlands

Apr 24, 2017

Socrates and the Modern Gadflies of American Politics

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Reid Belew in The Badlands

Jun 18, 2016

Samwise Gamgee as the Everyday Christian

We are Sam.

Reid Belew in The Badlands

Jul 15, 2016

Bruce Springsteen and the Meaning of Life

The Badlands loves The Boss. We named the blog after his 1978 hit “Badlands”, an ode to…

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Reid Belew in The Badlands

Nov 18, 2016

Rap Music as a Gateway to Empathy

I’ll start off with the gist of it all (because this is my 5th attempt at a compelling lede, and I…

Jake Owens in The Badlands

Mar 25, 2016

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb

and the idiots who venerate it

JP Baker in The Badlands

Jul 1, 2016

Mike Wazowski teaches us how to dream

Michael Wazowski was a precocious student with a straightforward dream: to become a top-notch…

JP Baker in The Badlands

May 13, 2016

The Road Not Taken — A Postmodernist’s Guide to Decision-Making

Reid Belew in The Badlands

Aug 7, 2016

Shane Claiborne on the Death Penalty, Grace, and Restorative Justice

“Aside from all the other things…

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JP Baker in The Badlands

Jun 6, 2016

Wendell Berry and the Life of Abundance

A few weeks ago, in our interview with Shane Blackshear, he mentioned the poem “Manifesto…

JP Baker in The Badlands

May 24, 2016

Shane Blackshear on accessible theology, the Christian political voice, and racial reconciliation

These were the top 10 stories published by The Badlands; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2016, 2017.

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The Badlands (taken from Bruce Springsteen’s hit “Badlands”) is an attempt to engage with the narratives around us — to pull back the undergrowth of the paths we find, no matter how meaningless they appear.

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