American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Feminist Revelation
That is the title of an important article in Social Philosophy & Policy (Vol. VIII, No. 1)…
A Rabbi’s Christmas
In order not to raise false hopes in the hearts of those who still have the expectation…
A Protestant Shtetl
Just east of Chattanooga, four miles north of the Georgia state line and six miles up the…
Ideology Therapy
Wise is he to whom all things taste as they are.—Joseph Pieper The first time the popular…
Man and Woman: An Old Story
Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and…
Transfiguration
The alarm sinks its teeth / into my ear. I drag out / of our warm bed.…
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…
