The Myths of the Sixties

by John Wilson

I have grown ever more weary and ever more irritated by the way the sixties have been routinely characterized, mythologized, and marketed. Continue Reading »

8 Jul 2024

Cardinal Francis George: Simply Catholic

by Charles J. Chaput

Heinlein’s book on Cardinal Francis E. George has two great strengths. The first is that he’s a lucid, engaging writer who’s researched George’s life in impressive detail. The second is that the story of Francis George, the man, is thoroughly absorbing.  Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2023

Christianity for the Workers

by Stephen Schwartz

This historical study by an assistant professor at the Lutheran-affiliated Valparaiso University in Indiana focuses on one of the most fascinating chapters in American history: Chicago labor relations between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the 20th century. In those decades the city churned with industrial development, drawing ever greater numbers of native-born, Irish, northern European, African American, and southern and eastern European laborers.

29 Jan 2016

Saving Chicago

by James Nuechterlein

When I heard that the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) planned to send 100,000 volunteers to Chicago next summer to evangelize the city, my first reaction was, Good luck. (Perhaps I have been living in New York too long.) Evangelism, of course, is essential to Christianity. The Great Commission . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2000