American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A More Public Yeshiva
The investiture of a university president—that is, the ceremony in which the authority and symbols of that…
Luther, the Movie
At least among sociologists of religion, if not journalists, it has become something of a cliché that…
Confessions of a Christian Historian
“History is God’s theatre, . . . God’s jousting place.” …
Catholicism as the Other
Martin Scorsese’s recent film The Gangs of New York takes us back to a time when religion,…
Diverse Diversities
Diversity can rightly be called a value-free term. All it does, ordinarily, is identify a condition of…
From Myth to History and Back
Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Troublesome Geniusby William R. Shea and Marliano Artigas.Oxford University…
Johnny of the Cross
In the world of popular music, one generally becomes a “legend” only in death—as if death accomplishes…
A Bible for Everyone
One summer years ago, I attended a conference that met at Princeton Theological Seminary; we participants stayed…
Jobs and Babies
It seems that most people who write about the joys and challenges of childrearing today are parents…
Summer’s End
Yesterday / stealing from the sun / dandelions...
Pym Wins
The Book Against God by James Wood Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. 257 pp. $24. James Wood is…
The Episcopalian Preference
On August 5, 2003, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), following initial action…
Tolkien and the Gift of Mortality
When I started reading The Lord of the Rings as an undergraduate, I was half-embarrassed to be…
The Bigot’s Opera
The Commander enters the living room carrying a big black Bible. He reads Genesis 30:1-3 to his…
The Secular City Redux
The Public Square There are in the press repeated references to “the rapidly growing lay protest movement,…
