American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
1492 and All That
The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacyby kirkpatrick saleknopf, 453 pages, $24.95 As every…
Alasdair MacIntyre’s University
Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry by alasdair macintyre university of notre dame press, 241 pages, $24.95…
Evangelical Growth and Politics in Latin America
Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth by david stoll university of california press,…
What Crisis in the Black Church?
The Black Church in the African American Experience by c. eric lincoln and lawrence h. mamiya duke…
Across the Gulf of Faith
Jewish Perspectives on Christianity edited by franz a. rothschild crossroad, 363 pages, $29.50 The interfaith dialogue between…
Boys and Girls: The Long Way Back to the Obvious
Surveys provide additional evidence that Americans are returning to “traditional values.” Traditional values is usually a synonym…
Editorial: Christian Mission and the Third Millennium
Christianity is an inherently missionary faith. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the last word of the…
The “Mabelized” Church
Exploring the influence of televangelism on American religion in his book The Struggle for America’s Soul, Princeton…
Art and the Spirit
The expression of art—the exploration of figurative and abstract thought in tangible external forms—is unique to human…
The Case for Educational Retrenchment
It is virtually axiomatic in higher education circles that the more money spent on the educational enterprise…
The Vatican and the State of Israel
In a recently published book, Sergio I. Minerbi, formerly of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks…
When Nice People Do Bad Theology
Sure, Walker Percy already said it, but that was as a good-natured joshing, a passing joke. Now…
Israel Among the Nationalisms
With the apparent demise of Communism, if not of socialism, the other political pathology of modernity, nationalism,…
Careless Flying
I have been considering / the ravens, who live / without worrying / and have no bins…
Undertakings and Promises
For Christians, as for everyone else, the topic of sexual ethics is today one of widespread confusion,…
