American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Perfectly Raised Consciousness
Reflecting on the rash of outraged protests against allegedly sexist, racist, and homophobic slurs erupting in our…
A Reader’s Guide to English Furniture: The Eighteenth Century
Forget the romance purveyed of windowseats, knocked as they be by the winds that skim drowned lawns…
Why Wait for the Kingdom?The Theonomist Temptation
Paul Tillich famously wrote about ethics in the heteronomous, autonomous, and theonomous modes. To summarize all too…
Finding the Diary
Settling the estate, the lawyer said. It seemed too grand a way of putting it— bills to…
Taking Religious Freedom Seriously
Passage of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment…
Jefferson, Adams, and the Natural Aristocracy
Starting from a common premise and a shared commitment to republicanism, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams arrived…
The Necktie Gap
The Resurgent Liberal: And Other Unfashionable Prophecies by robert reich random house, 303 pages, $19.95 There are…
Glimpsing the Transcendent
Real Presences by george steiner university of chicago press, 236 pages, $19.95 Of the major literary critics…
Religion and Science
The Galileo Affair:A Documentary History edited and translated with an introduction and notes by maurice a. finocchiaro…
Edwards and America
America’s Theologian: A Recommendation of Jonathan Edwards by robert jenson oxford university press, 224 pages, $26 At…
Hope for South Africa?
A Future South Africa: Visions, Strategies, and Realities edited by peter l. berger and bobby godsell westview…
Homosexuality and the Churches
The Public Square Rapidly changing attitudes toward Christian ministry reflect a cultural incursion into the life of…
Fox Days
Dull, restless mornings, crawling with hungers— To have something to do and to have done it. Blackbirds,…
Editorial: Legalize Drugs?
No sooner had George Bush declared a “war on drugs” and appointed William Bennett to lead the…
Separationism for Religion’s Sake
At a conference last fall on “Christians, Jews, and the Free Exercise of Religion” sponsored by the…
