American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Whose Modernity? Which Revolution?
The Modern Philosophical Revolution: The Luminosity of Existence By David Walsh Cambridge, 518 pages, $29.99 CHARLES TAYLOR…
Justifying Paul
Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision By N.T. Wright InterVarsity, 268 pages $25 NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED years…
Bavarian Baroque
At first it’s like a painted teacup inverted, this gold-scalloped dome containing an apotheosis of saints triumphant…
The Needle’s Eye
The destinies of the aging but affluent people of the West and the young but impoverished people…
Pulling the Plug on the Conscience Clause
Over the past fifty years, the purposes and practices of medicine have changed radically. Where medical ethics…
How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool
The reason that the monstrous crime of pedophilia matters is simple: In an increasingly secular age, it…
Death for Fun and Profit
The Original of Laura (Dying is Fun) by Vladimir Nabakov Alfred A. Knopf, 278 pp., $35 SOMEWHERE…
Wondrous and Silly
On a bright day in early autumn, I found myself sitting on the floor of my favorite…
In America’s Image
How American Experience Reflects Global Faith By Mark Noll InterVarsity, 212 pages, $25 EIGHT YEARS AGO, Diana…
Heavy Water
Heavy water, holy water, we are weighed on By your waterweight, you proton- Poisoned fission vintage we…
Sacred Music, Sacred Time
What is sacred music? If we simply mean music that assists liturgy or prayer, the category includes…
God’s First Love: The Theology of Michael Wyschogrod
Paradox attends the influence of Michael Wyschogrod, perhaps the most original Jewish theologian of the past half…
Gambling with Lives
The fifty-something lab technician swabbing my arm before a routine test this past May nodded toward the…
Do Whatever He Tells You: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Christian Faith and Life
In 1994, after intense study, discussion, and prayer, we issued a statement titled “Evangelicals and Catholics Together:…
Port Jackson Greaseproof Rose
Which produced more civilizations, yellow grass or green? Who made poverty legal? Who made poverty at all?…
