American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Coventry Carol
Driving on the Solstice, tuning in / to Public Radio, I heard a voice, / legitimately trained,…
Richard John Neuhaus, Father
I did not think I knew much about death. In high school, my headmaster reminded us constantly…
The Broken Body
A Brutal Unity: The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church by ephraim radner baylor, 482 pages, $59.95…
Punching the Clock
Our children, now lanky teenagers and just past The part where it’s all about them, are hilariously…
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…
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…
