American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Advent of Literary Science
It is now more than thirty years since C. P. Snow’s Cambridge Rede Lecture, “The Two Cultures…
The Decline and Fall of the Christian College (II)
The first part of this essay, published in last month’s issue, recounted how the process of estrangement…
Pacifism, Just War & the Gulf: An Exchange
IJanuary 30, 1991 Dear Richard, Your column in the Wall Street Journal (January 23, 1991), “Just War…
Olive Bed
“There was a bole of an olive tree with long leaves growing Strongly in the courtyard, and…
1492 and All That
The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacyby kirkpatrick saleknopf, 453 pages, $24.95 As every…
Alasdair MacIntyre’s University
Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry by alasdair macintyre university of notre dame press, 241 pages, $24.95…
Evangelical Growth and Politics in Latin America
Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth by david stoll university of california press,…
What Crisis in the Black Church?
The Black Church in the African American Experience by c. eric lincoln and lawrence h. mamiya duke…
Across the Gulf of Faith
Jewish Perspectives on Christianity edited by franz a. rothschild crossroad, 363 pages, $29.50 The interfaith dialogue between…
Boys and Girls: The Long Way Back to the Obvious
Surveys provide additional evidence that Americans are returning to “traditional values.” Traditional values is usually a synonym…
Editorial: Christian Mission and the Third Millennium
Christianity is an inherently missionary faith. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the last word of the…
The “Mabelized” Church
Exploring the influence of televangelism on American religion in his book The Struggle for America’s Soul, Princeton…
Art and the Spirit
The expression of art—the exploration of figurative and abstract thought in tangible external forms—is unique to human…
The Case for Educational Retrenchment
It is virtually axiomatic in higher education circles that the more money spent on the educational enterprise…
Religion in the Unheavenly City
Half a mile, not more, separates 50th Street and Park Avenue in central Manhattan from the northwest…
