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A Nation of (Some) Immigrants
Aristide Zolberg argues that the US isn’t a nation of immigrants so much as a Nation By Design.…
Rolling Back Reconstruction
During the debates over the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), Western mounted arguments to appeal their Southern colleagues.…
On Rescuing Syrian Christians
A nice piece by Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post, on the efforts of Lord George Weidenfeld,…
Exiles
Several months ago, I disembarked a bus here in New York City, moved into a Brooklyn studio…
Stubborn Hope
The worst sinner in Christian history was Judas Iscariot. Of course he betrayed Christ and handed him…
Lessons in Revolution from the Republic of Professors
Revolutions can be notoriously violent. However, in a brief few months in 1989, a landslide of peaceful…
First Links—7.30.15
Atlantic Journalist Thinks Religious Believers Belong in Straitjackets David French, National Review The Unknown Newton: A SymposiumNew…
Overlapping Structures in Revelation 21-22
James Jordan has suggested that the vision of new Jerusalem (Revelation 21:9-22:5) is arranged as a chiastic…
Show & Tell
The verb “show” (deiknuo) occurs eight times in Revelation, and the eight uses fall into a neat…
Musical Bridges
In an essay on “barriers and bridges” in American religion, Stephen Warner emphasizes the role of music…
Keeping Time, Keeping Together
William H. McNeill’s Keeping Together in Time explores the role of “emotional bonding through rhythmic muscular movement” in history…
Upcoming Events—7.29.15
Time’s Glory: Seasons of Faith and Culture in English Catholicism Merrimack, New Hampshire & Oxford, England August…
Illegal, Unsafe, and All Too Common
An old slogan has made a comeback. While speaking about the newly-released Planned Parenthood videos, a presidential…
First Links—7.29.15
A Letter to My African-American Daughter, and a Response to Ta-Nehisi CoatesDavid French, National Review Why Read…
End of the End
The final chapter of the Bible (Revelation 22:6-21) is a rapid series of speeches and dialogues, structured…
