American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Conservatism, Evangelii Gaudium, and the Social Market
Liberal commentators, both religious and secular, have cheered what they take as the recent comeuppance Catholic and…
Truncating the Politics of Jesus
John Howard Yoder’s now-classic The Politics of Jesus sparked a revolution. For centuries, Jesus’ lordship had been…
Marriage Is a Matter of Definition
November 18 marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark decision by the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of…
Impeach Obama 2014
I cannot think of anything more disastrous for the Republican Party than an attempt to impeach the…
Harvard and the Humanities
n Harvard professors do a bad job of holding on to freshmen. In the last eleven incoming…
The Coventry Carol
Driving on the Solstice, tuning in to Public Radio, I heard a voice, legitimately trained, a little…
The Broken Body
A Brutal Unity: The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church by ephraim radner baylor, 482 pages, $59.95…
Richard John Neuhaus, Father
I did not think I knew much about death. In high school, my headmaster reminded us constantly…
Transparently Honest
George Orwell: A Life in Letters edited by peter davison liveright, 524 pages, $35 When, in her…
Punching the Clock
Our children, now lanky teenagers and just past The part where it’s all about them, are hilariously…
Criticism’s Limits
Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture, 1300–1700 by scott w.…
Babeuf at the Scaffold
François Noël Babeuf (1760–1797), known as “Gracchus,” was a French revolutionary and social incendiary. He was the…
Quebec
The tourists traipse; the sights go by, a blur of cramped and cobbled streets where faux cafés…
Celibacy as Political Resistance
Just weeks before the 2012 election, in a discussion held in the gymnasium of a small Midwestern…
Richard Burridge’s Achievement
In late October, Richard Burridge, dean of King’s College London and professor of biblical interpretation there, was…
