American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
When Shepherds Go Astray
The Public Square Donahue, Oprah, and Geraldo have all had a grand time weighing in on the…
Baptism and Development
In the north Indian state of Bihar, there are indigenous peoples who never converted to the Hinduism…
Cult and Culture
Ecclesiastical anarchism has a long history in American Christianity, but few have gone quite as far as…
Creator or Blind Watchmaker?
As a notorious critic of Darwinism, I enjoy reading a newsletter called Basis, which is published by…
A Primer on the Devil
As modern religionists, we face a curious predicament when we think of the Devil. On the one…
The Inescapability of Metaphysics
The purpose of the study of philosophy is not to learn what others have thought, but to…
Apology to Starlings
Starlings may mean more than we supposed,Their ugliness but a guiseHiding beauties too deep to probe.Look how…
Maritain and the Jews
Shall we look for the deepest impulse toward that monstrosity—Christians who are anti-Semites? They are seeking an…
Letters—December 1992
Pluralism, Nay & Yea From S. Mark Heim’s discussion of “Pluralism and the Otherness of World Religions”…
Editorial: The Electoral Uses and Abuses of Religion
Like millions of other Americans we cringed more than once at the God-talk of Pat Robertson, Pat…
The Camera and the Sandwich
The late Sam Kinison, an incomparably loud and invariably offensive comedian, once delivered a comedy routine about…
Getting Grover’s Goat
Herbert Grover is the increasingly visible state superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin and a man determined…
The Goddess That Failed
“All hail to the Goddess,” chanted the berobed and garlanded women, as they stood in a circle,…
The Pope and the Liberal State
It is not hard to understand why when Centesimus Annus was issued in 1991, its economic teachings…
The New Russian Revolution
Russia Transformed: Breakthrough to Hope, August 1991 by james h. billington free press, 202 pages, $19.95 Anyone…
