The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle serves as the Episcopal Bishop of Texas while also writing Unabashed Faith (2025), which examines Christian witness in our constantly connected society. Bishop Doyle leads an innovative ministry in one of the United States' largest Episcopal dioceses. He combines his theological work with advocacy for embodied discipleship and is working on his Ph.D. at the University of Chester, U.K.

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The Big Blasphemous Bill

by C. Andrew Doyle 07-02-2025

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President Donald Trump speaks during the "One, Big, Beautiful Event" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 26. While the House narrowly passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill" in May, the Senate is looking to pass the bill by President Donald Trump's July 4 deadline. Credit: Reuters/Ken Cedeno/Pool/Sipa USA.
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In Washington, a new piece of legislation glides forward on patriotic branding and moral ambition. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as it’s called, promises economic growth, national renewal, and family empowerment. But beneath the shimmering language of prosperity lies a troubling philosophy — one that recasts the U.S. citizen as a market participant above all else and reshapes public policy into a liturgy for the god of the economy.