Blog | rachel-douchant

Whatever Is True

Left, Right, & Center. Understanding each other through the classical liberal tradition.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil. 4:8

The Real Critique of Black Lives Matter

I'm continuing to write for Discourse. Here I argue that BLM has failed in its goal to reform police by being utopian and losing focus....

"The Slow Work of Revitalizing St. Louis" with Lucas Rouggly and Lenny Barber of LOVEtheLOU

Click here to watch with this passcode: 8kdbq62+ Lucas and Lenny describe their four-step approach to "The Slow Work of Revitalizing St....

Frederick Douglass and the Black Christian Experience

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackChurch #FrederickDouglass #Liberty Check out my piece for the Online Library of Liberty in honor of Black...

Conversation on Agnostish: Theology (Part I) and Politics (Part II)

I recently appeared on the podcast Agnostish, where we discussed growing up in fundamentalist evangelicalism and thinking about how that...

The Role of Conservatives in Addressing Injustice

#woke #ChristianNationalism #CRT #Intersectionality #ClassicalLiberalism #ChristianConservatism Last week I published a piece in...

My new article in Discourse: "The Southern Baptists and Critical Race Theory"

https://www.discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-society/2020/12/23/southern-baptists-and-critical-race-theory/

[SPOILER ALERT] Pixar's SOUL Corrects Our Romantic Notions of the Self with Jazz

I can’t say enough good things about Pixar’s new film SOUL; it is so creative, so funny, so beautiful, and so moving. But I’m not enough...

New Magazine, Discourse features my article, "John Lewis Learned Good Trouble from the Black Church"

https://www.discoursemagazine.com/ https://www.discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-society/2020/08/05/john-lewis-learned-good-trouble-from-...

No More Aunt Jemima, But I'd Buy Nancy Green Syrup. Would You?

A flurry of corporate changes have followed in the wake of the George Floyd protests. Perhaps inspired by the Onion article suggesting...

What Having My Babies in My Bedroom Taught Me About the Over-extension of Police

Sixteen years ago I made a decision that I’ll never regret. I chose to jettison my traditional Ob-Gyn for a (illegal-at-the-time)...

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