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Catholicity or Geopolitics?
In a 2006 Pro Ecclesia review of Lamin Sanneh’s Whose Religion Is Christianity? Emmanuel Katongole claims that Sanneh…
Springs of waters
The word “spring” (Gr. pege) is used five times in the book of Revelation. Each time, it…
First Links—5.15.15
We Remember the Genocide—And We Must Avert Another Mark L. Movsesian, Library of Law and Liberty Against…
Structure in Revelation 12-15
Much of Revelation is overtly structured by sequences of seven. Even when the seven sections are not…
Around the Lamb
David Chilton points out (Days of Vengeance, 359-60), this central section itself has an intriguing structural significance,…
One Nation Under God
The thesis of Kevin Kruse’s One Nation Under God is that “the postwar revolution in America’s religious identity…
New Covenant of Judaism
In his contribution to Three Faiths, One God, Jacob Neusner explains that the Mishnah answered the question, With…
The Republican Answer to the Question
In the next year and a half, the question is going to be asked again and again…
Fewer Christians, More Nones
That’s the takeaway from the latest Pew survey of American religion, released with great fanfare this week.…
First Links—5.15.15
Why Secular Liberalism Isn’t Liberal Forfare Davis, The University Bookman “Academia is the Titanic”: Mark Bauerlein on…
In the Midst of Angels
Yahweh descends on Sinai surrounded by a fiery cloud, full of thunder and lightning. When we get…
Capitalizing on Gay Marriage
Patrick Deneen nails it next door at the main First Things site. Read the whole article, but…
Inescapable Supersession?
Matthew Levering presents a typically careful, judicious summary of David Novak’s analysis of supersessionism in his Christian-Jewish Dialogue…
Nature, Culture, and the Lines Between
In a contribution to Judaism and Christianity, Evan Zuesse questions how H. Richard Niebuhr’s analysis of Christ and…
First Links—5.13.15
Keeping a Cool Head on Pope Francis’ Environment Encyclical Robert Royal, National Catholic Register HHS Tightens Rules…
