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Common Sense Tragedy

From the October 2024 Print Edition

Every year, in a course I teach on American history, I make my students read J. Gresham Machen. If you want a taste of early-­twentieth-century Protestant ­fundamentalism—and have no patience for stereotypes of red-faced ­Bible thumpers ranting about monkey trials—you could do a lot . . . . Continue Reading »