J. C. Howard

Christian Power and Religious Coercion: Christian nationalism and the global struggle over conscience

No religious community acquires authority over another person's conscience by claiming to possess the truth. I argue that Christian nationalism must be judged by the powers it seeks and the costs it imposes on refusal, and that the same standard applies to Islamic coercion. The a...

Christian Power and Religious Coercion: Christian nationalism and the global struggle over conscience

No religious community acquires authority over another person's conscience by claiming to possess the truth. I argue that Christian nationalism must be judged by the powers it seeks and the costs it imposes on refusal, and that the same standard applies to Islamic coercion. The a...

Why Scripted Discussions Help the Story Already in Power: How Preparation, Repetition, Framing, and Social Risk Can Convert Familiarity into Authority Across Public Life

This independent interdisciplinary essay examines how prepared language, repetition, framing, time pressure, and social risk can make familiar narratives sound more authoritative across politics, workplaces, media, education, families, professions, and public life. J.C. Howard di...

Why Scripted Discussions Help the Story Already in Power: How Preparation, Repetition, Framing, and Social Risk Can Convert Familiarity into Authority Across Public Life

This independent interdisciplinary essay examines how prepared language, repetition, framing, time pressure, and social risk can make familiar narratives sound more authoritative across politics, workplaces, media, education, families, professions, and public life. J.C. Howard di...

The Blind Spot Between the Cross and the Rainbow

Independent interdisciplinary essay examining Christian identity, LGBTQ identity, religious belonging, sexual stigma, Pride, and asymmetric identity scrutiny. Version 1.1 preserves the original prose and both original images while adding a clearly labeled theological counterargum...

The Bridge Is Artificial. The Encounter Is Not.

This essay examines whether generative-AI-assisted communication is inherently less authentic than an introduction made through conventional means. Beginning with a disagreement arising from an AI-assisted email, J.C. Howard distinguishes assistance from substitution, motive from...