American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Drugs and the Face of Evil
One of the least understood aspects of the drug problem is the degree to which it is…
The Flag Amendment Is a Religious Issue
The issue of a constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the American flag is currently on political…
Super Flumina Babylonis, or, Outside the Mainstream
Readers of the New York Times, which Alasdair MacIntyre has called “that parish magazine of affluent and self-congratulatory…
Nature’s Call
In Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana the dissolute but not, he emphatically insists, officially “defrocked”…
Notes on the Culture Struggle: Dr. King in the Law Schools
The suggestion has been made on occasion in these pages that Americans are engaged in a Kulturkampf,…
The Uses of Homophobia
The best way to win an argument is to control the terms of discussion. Any high school…
An Open Letter on Abortion
I intend these remarks primarily for a specific group of people: those persons of good will who…
The Radical Paradigm and the New Racism
In confronting the race question in America today, we are faced with a paradox. On the one…
1789: A Requiem
Perhaps no English poem was more frequently cited during France’s 1989 Bicentennial year than William Wordsworth’s Prelude,…
Telling the American Catholic Story
Catholics in America have rarely taken the study of their history seriously. My own educational circumstances, which…
What Families Are For
In his engagingly titled book, What’s Wrong With the World, G. K. Chesterton argued that his fellow…
Abortion and the Neutral State
The search for the American political mainstream is a risky enterprise. It can be a salutary and…
The Real John Courtney Murray
The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contribution of John Courtney Murray by robert w. mcelroy…
Religion and the New South Africa
Since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, the prospects for peaceful change in South Africa have seemingly improved.…
The Social History of American Religion
Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People by jon butler harvard university press, 360…
