American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Guide to Barth
How to Read Karl Barth: The Shape of His Theology by george hunsinger oxford university press, 298…
Countercultural Christians
Understanding Fundmentalism and Evangelicalism by george m. marsden eerdmans, 206 pages, $12.95 Evangelicalism and fundamentalism continue to…
The Neoconservatives
Watch on the Right: Conservative Intellectuals in the Reagan Era by j. david hoeveler, jr. university of…
Looking at Islam After Kipling and Hesse
Books on Islam, we are told, are enjoying brisk sales. For reasons related to the imperialist past…
Editorial: Democratic Waves
Democracy is still very much a minority phenomenon among the nations of the world, but it is…
Is Egalitarianism Good for the Jews?
Apall hangs over the American debate about equality. It is becoming difficult for people to speak their…
Infernal Counsel
Dear Cachexia, Well, isn’t this impressive! You’ve had charge of this patient of yours for just two…
Ideology Therapy
Wise is he to whom all things taste as they are.—Joseph Pieper The first time the popular…
Man and Woman: An Old Story
Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and…
Transfiguration
The alarm sinks its teeth into my ear. I drag out of our warm bed. Another winter…
The Popes and the Economy
Papal doctrine on political economy has long been misunderstood as well as mistrusted among those economic liberals…
The Myth of the Civil War
The Civil War A film by Ken Burns Shown as a PBS television series; also available on…
Money
I It took him 20 years to reach the top,but he made it, CEO, a winner, just…
Gimme that New Age Religion
The Cosmic Self: A Penetrating Look at Today’s New Age Movements by ted peters harpercollins, 221 pages,…
Suffering Humanity
Victims and Values: A History and a Theory of Suffering by joseph a. amato praeger, 223 pages,…