American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Ruling “We” Of The American Jewish Congress
The Public Square Some writers on the First Amendment, including this editor, have long made the argument…
February Letters 93
Abortion Wars (cont.) I read “Abortion and a Nation at War” in your October 1992 issue with…
Where You Lead I Will Follow?
Several observers have pointed out the increasing gap in social and political attitudes and theological commitments between…
The Brown-Headed Cowbird
There has always been a segment of the American population that wants to dump the “Star Spangled…
Homosexuality in Uniform: Is It Time?
The author released the original version of this position paper concerning U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) policy…
The Haunted Mr. Hawthorne
Salem Is My Dwelling Place: A Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne by edward haviland miller university of iowa…
The New Liberal Racism
Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, and Unequal by andrew hacker scribner’s, 272 pages, $24.95 The…
Why Animals Came in from the Cold
The Covenant of the Wild: Why Animals Choose Domestication by steven budiansky morrow, 190 pages, $18 Having…
The Moral Fragility of Constitutionalism
America’s Constitutional Soul by harvey c. mansfield, jr. johns hopkins university press, 236 pages, $32 In this…
Why Universities Went Secular
The Secularization of the Academy edited by george m. marsden and bradley j. longfield oxford university press,…
Divorce, Communitarian Style
On Divorce by louis de bonald translated and with an introduction by nicholas davidson transaction press, 198…
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Theology and Dialogue edited by bruce d. marshall university of notre dame press, 302 pages, $14.95 paper…
When Shepherds Go Astray
The Public Square Donahue, Oprah, and Geraldo have all had a grand time weighing in on the…
Baptism and Development
In the north Indian state of Bihar, there are indigenous peoples who never converted to the Hinduism…
Cult and Culture
Ecclesiastical anarchism has a long history in American Christianity, but few have gone quite as far as…
