American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Time for a “Populist” Bioethics Commission
Donald Trump has been president for less than five months, but his plate is already full: Iran,…
Pick Your Poison
It is possible that Donald Trump has engaged in criminal activity while president. It is possible that…
The Art of Verbal Jousting
In the past few weeks, things blew up at Duke Divinity School. Paul Griffiths launched a salvo…
Catholic Lite and Europe’s Demographic Suicide
Ten years ago, after my meditation on Europe, The Cube and the Cathedral, had appeared in several…
Ivanka, Jared, and the Jewish Sabbath
The media frenzy surrounding President Trump has included reports about his daughter and son-in-law’s observance of Jewish…
The Saul Complex
Saul’s three sins (1 Samuel 13-15) correspond to the sins of Adam, Cain, and the sons of…
Tracing Church History through Old Newspapers
There is a saying, variously attributed, that journalism is the first rough draft of history. There is…
A Hillarian Lesson for Church Leaders
Perhaps it was being “overcome with Paschal joy” (as the Prefaces for Easter put it). Maybe it…
Living Communally in God’s Good Creation
I may be somewhat out of step with my fellow Reformed Christians in acknowledging a certain affinity…
Never Mind Le Pen and Macron
Never mind Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron: The real story of the French presidential race was…
Pro-Lifers: Get Out of Medicine!
Doctors in the United States cannot be forced to perform abortions or assist suicides. But that may…
The Nationalism Muddle
When it comes to understanding the divides within the right, I think that some of the labels…
Weaving Chapter 13 Back into Romans
Christians typically read Romans 13 as a stand-alone passage. And it reads pretty well that way—a whole…
Don’t Celebrate Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order
Last week, in a Rose Garden ceremony, President Trump released a much-anticipated executive order on religious liberty.…
No Apology for Nostalgia
Is there any dirtier word than “nostalgia”? The problems with a politics of nostalgia are widely recognized.…
