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Attack on Mother Teresa’s Nuns in Yemen
On Friday, March 4, sixteen people were murdered in a terrorist attack at a nursing home in…
The Anger of Young Men
“In just about every case of a millenarian tyrant,” writes Waller Newell in his 2013 Tyranny, “we…
Structure in Acts 17
Paul’s visit to Athens is nestled in the middle of a narrative sequence describing Paul’s missionary journey.…
The Ambivalence of Baptismal Theology
In ancient Israel, the vast majority of those circumcised were circumcised as infants. If one were developing…
Upcoming Events—3.9.16
New York: The Art of the Beautiful Lecture Series: “Beauty and the Spiritual Senses” March 12, 7:30…
In Memoriam: Hassan al-Turabi and Sudan’s Islamist Pivot
Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi died last Saturday, March 5 at the age of 84. While never…
Post-Colonial Poland
In a 2010 article in The Other Shore, Rice University’s Ewa Thompson argues that post-colonial categories are…
Shakespeare, Fantasist
Marjorie Garber’s amusing summary (Shakespeare After All) of Shakespeare’s Pericles captures the flavor of the play: “a…
CPAC’s Pro-Life Panel
On Friday afternoon, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted a panel on pro-life issues. It was…
Barth on Economy and Ontology
God is, Barth repeatedly insists, as He reveals Himself. But Barth also hesitates about reading the relations…
Campus Life in the Sixties
When Ewa Thompson joined the Indiana University faculty in 1968 as an assistant Professor of Slavic Languages…
The End of Democracy?
Two decades ago First Things published a controversial symposium under the general title, “The End of Democracy?…
In the Olive Grove
The Mount of Olives is mentioned by name only twice in the Old Testament, and once it…
Christ and Election
According to Barth, when the decree loses its Christological focus, a gap emerges between a fundamental decree…
Death of American Entrepreneur?
David Goldman reports that “From 1977 t0 2005, business startups accounted for almost all economic growth and…
