American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Transparently Honest
George Orwell: A Life in Letters edited by peter davison liveright, 524 pages, $35 When, in her…
Babeuf at the Scaffold
François Noël Babeuf (1760–1797), known as “Gracchus,” was a French revolutionary and social incendiary. He was the…
Criticism’s Limits
Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture, 1300–1700 by scott w.…
Quebec
The tourists traipse; the sights go by, a blur of cramped and cobbled streets where faux cafés…
Celibacy as Political Resistance
Just weeks before the 2012 election, in a discussion held in the gymnasium of a small Midwestern…
Richard Burridge’s Achievement
In late October, Richard Burridge, dean of King’s College London and professor of biblical interpretation there, was…
On Creative Minorities
Almost exactly twenty-six centuries ago, a man not otherwise known for his positive psychology sat down to…
ENDA
ENDA When I was a grade-school student in Baltimore, young men with black skin were chased out…
The Drama of Ukraine
My fascination with Ukraine began in 1984, during a sabbatical year at the Woodrow Wilson International Center…
2013 in Review
As 2013 draws to a close I’d like to look back at the past year for First…
Lynne Hybels, Evangelicals, and Israel
There is a small but growing movement among evangelicals against unique friendship for Israel, embodied by the…
The Personhood Pincer
The Nonhuman Rights Project made headlines recently by filing three lawsuits seeking to have chimpanzees declared legal…
An Alternative to the Republican Establishment
The Republican establishment relies on a consultant class whose gut instincts tell them how to win elections…
Saving Grace, Christian Mission
Wedged between Isaiah’s glorious messianic hymn and Luke’s touching account of the angelic announcement of the Nativity,…
Discrimination Against Christians?
Christians are facing more and more difficulties in Western society. Every day, especially in Europe, churches and…
