Phil Christman

Phil Christman is a lecturer at the University of Michigan and the author of Midwest Futures and Why Christians Should Be Leftists.

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Fear and Twitch-Streaming in Michigan

"Constant lying ads, fear and disgust, a sense that yet more precious taboos will fall. Is there anything new to say about election season in my purple Midwestern state?"

By Phil Christman

October 27, 2026

Election 2026

Politics

Article

Creatures, not Calculators

The worldview underlying capitalist economic thinking is one that Christians simply cannot accept.

By Phil Christman

August 24, 2025

Politics

Economy

Theology

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What Did Obama Mean?

In his debut novel, Vinson Cunningham locates Obama's power in his opacity.

By Phil Christman

April 30, 2024

Barack Obama

Books

Fiction

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Percival Everett Is Having a Moment

The publishing industry tends to marginalize a writer like Percival Everett twice. He’s escaping confinement on the sheer brilliance of his novels.

By Phil Christman

December 8, 2023

Christmas Critics

Books

Race

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The Ghosts and Jokes of Cormac McCarthy

“I have lately come into possession of a fact that threatens my very sense of things. It is this: Cormac McCarthy is funny.”

By Phil Christman

March 6, 2023

Books

Culture

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A Change of Hart?

What, exactly, is David Bentley Hart’s deal? What is his vast and diverse corpus fundamentally driving at?

By Phil Christman

October 10, 2022

Books

Theology

Fiction