Protestantism

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Evangelicals and Politics

Dean C. Curry

The Scattered Voice: Christians at Odds in the Public Square by james w. skillen zondervan, 225 pages…

The “Mabelized” Church

Peter J. Leithart

Exploring the influence of televangelism on American religion in his book The Struggle for America’s Soul, Princeton…

Art and the Spirit

Franky Schaeffer

The expression of art—the exploration of figurative and abstract thought in tangible external forms—is unique to human…

Evangelical Growth and Politics in Latin America

Joseph E. Davis

Is Latin America Turning Protestant? The Politics of Evangelical Growth by david stoll university of california press,…

When Nice People Do Bad Theology

Kenneth E. Hunter

Sure, Walker Percy already said it, but that was as a good-natured joshing, a passing joke. Now…

The Decline and Fall of the Christian College

James Tunstead Burtchaell

Every one shall consider the main End of his life and studies, to know God and Jesus…

The Things that Remain: An Episcopalian’s Credo

Paul Zahl

Fifteen years ordained and still serving in the parish. Still switching on the coffee at dawn Sunday…

Theology Through the Looking Glass

Richard E. Wentz

In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, Alice has been having quite a run through the Garden…

Populist Protestantism

Michael Cromartie

The Democratization of American Christianity by nathan hatch yale university press, 312 pages, $25 In 1802 a…

Back to Fundamentals

Joseph A. Varacalli

The Fundamentalist Phenomenon: A View from Within; A Response from Without edited by norman j. cohen eerdmans,…

The Death of Religious Higher Education

The Editors

From time to time, a set of concerns reaches something like a critical mass. Familiar discontents vaguely…

Toward a Christian Critique of the Arts

Kenneth A. Myers

Sham Pearls for Real Swine by franky schaeffer wolgemuth & hyatt, 290 pages, $14.95 In 1948, a…

Middle East Apocalypse Now?

Peter J. Leithart

Saddam Hussein’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait may have thrown the world economy into confusion, but it…

Religion and the New South Africa

Dean C. Curry

Since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, the prospects for peaceful change in South Africa have seemingly improved.…

The Social History of American Religion

Martin E. Marty

Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People by jon butler harvard university press, 360…