American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Abortion on Second Thought
I was a teenager and young adult in the late 1960s and early 1970s, before Roe v.…
The Mindless Self: Freud Triumphant
In the heat of the anguished nineteenth-century debate over evolutionary theory, Samuel Butler declared that Darwin had…
Transfiguration
The alarm sinks its teeth into my ear. I drag out of our warm bed. Another winter…
Abortion and the Actualized Self
The Choices We Made (Angela Bonavoglia, 1990) is the latest collection of sympathetic abortion narratives, a genre…
Poverty & the Victim Ploy
In 1936, Harry Hopkins made a speech defending the honor of the poor. I am getting sick…
When Jews Are Christians
I By now it is obvious that in the past twenty-five years or so there has been…
The Present and Future Church
At the dawning of this century, Christians in Europe and North America harbored great expectations. Many leaders…
Tough-minded Feminism
Power Trips and Other Journeys: Essays in Feminism as Civic Discourse by jean bethke elshtain university of…
A Guide to Barth
How to Read Karl Barth: The Shape of His Theology by george hunsinger oxford university press, 298…
Countercultural Christians
Understanding Fundmentalism and Evangelicalism by george m. marsden eerdmans, 206 pages, $12.95 Evangelicalism and fundamentalism continue to…
The Neoconservatives
Watch on the Right: Conservative Intellectuals in the Reagan Era by j. david hoeveler, jr. university of…
Looking at Islam After Kipling and Hesse
Books on Islam, we are told, are enjoying brisk sales. For reasons related to the imperialist past…
Editorial: Democratic Waves
Democracy is still very much a minority phenomenon among the nations of the world, but it is…
Is Egalitarianism Good for the Jews?
Apall hangs over the American debate about equality. It is becoming difficult for people to speak their…
Infernal Counsel
Dear Cachexia, Well, isn’t this impressive! You’ve had charge of this patient of yours for just two…
