Nancy R. Pearcey

Back when E. O. Wilson first promoted his newly hatched theory of sociobiology, protesters doused him with a pitcher of water. Since then, sociobiology has come a long way, baby. Dolled up with fancy new monikers like “evolutionary psychology,” it now saunters boldly into the academy claiming . . . . Continue Reading »

For the Love of Children: Genetic Technology and the Future of the Family By Ted Peters Westminster/John Knox. 227 pp. $18 When seminary student Philip Holck got married, he exchanged two sets of vows: the first with his bride, the second with her five-year-old son. He knelt to face the boy and . . . . Continue Reading »

The Assault on Parenthood: How Our Culture Undermines the Family by Dana Mack Simon & Schuster, 368 pages, $25 The principal of a Reform Jewish Sunday school in Connecticut realized she had made a mistake. After researching diligently to pick a textbook for her high-school class, she had selected . . . . Continue Reading »

Christians who work in the natural sciences are dogged by a persistent bogeyman: a singular creature called the God of the gaps. Should a believer ever conclude that natural forces are inadequate to produce some phenomenon in the natural world, the bogeymen is poised to spring from the shadows. Its . . . . Continue Reading »

The Southern Front: History and Politics in the Culture War By Eugene D. Genovese University of Missouri Press, 320 pages, $29.95 The South has conquered Washington, Michael Lind fumed last summer in a New Republic article titled “The Southern Coup.” Whether Lind is correct or merely . . . . Continue Reading »

Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law, and Education By Phillip E. Johnson InterVarsity, 238 pages, $19.99 In Richard Rorty’s long march to becoming a postmodernist guru, the decisive step was his rejection of Christianity. In an autobiographical essay, Rorty . . . . Continue Reading »