American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The State Casino: Doing Wrong to Do Good
Only a few years ago it seemed that religious and other civic leaders could be counted on…
Aristocrats at Bay
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine Yale University Press, 813 pages, $39.95…
The Fencer
The appearance of perfection: Chiaroscuro come to an August day Wafted by van Rijn. Against the waving sky is the…
At Home
This morning, early, I wakened to a knocking at the pane—an apple bough, fruit-laden, stirred by wind—and rose to…
The Mother of Editorials: The Times Gets Religion
Maybe we have been too hard on the editorial page of the most influential of our parish…
Editorial: That Encyclical
We do not ordinarily publish official church statements. In fact, we never have before. This issue, however,…
Presbyterians for GLARF
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has done the sensible thing and rejected the report of its Task Force…
White Firefighters, Hank Aaron, and Affirmative Action
Just when the Supreme Court is beginning to reconsider “affirmative action” plans that provide preferences on the…
The Irrational and the Limits of Human Reason
Pick up nearly any university publisher’s catalogue these days, and you are likely to find more than…
Can Atheists Be Good Citizens?
The question is asked whether atheists can be good citizens. I do not want to keep you…
Capitalism: The Continuing Revolution
When I wrote The Capitalist Revolution five years ago, the word revolution was, of course, intended to…
The WCC at Canberra: Which Spirit?
In the theological world, Liberation theologies express the yearning for human wholeness . . . They reread…
How Churches Crack Up: The Case of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Memoirs in Exile: Confessional Hope and Institutional Conflict by John H. Tietjen Fortress Press, 368 pages, $19.95…
Religion and Public Life
Under God: Religion and American Politics by garry wills simon and schuster, 445 pages, $24.95 Garry Wills…
Not the Worst of Times—Or the Best
The First Universal Nation: Leading Indicators and Ideas About the Surge of America in the 1990s by…
