Remembering Nicholas Rescher, a Gentle Giant
by John HaldaneNicholas Rescher was an exemplar of both academic excellence and a strong Christian faith. Continue Reading »
Remembering Mao’s Carnival of Hate
by Robert CarleIn the last seventy years, the Chinese Communist party has embarked on countless experiments that have left its subjects exhausted, which has lead to a rise in religious faith. Continue Reading »
On the Character of a Nation
by Francis X. MaierJoe Mahoney, like so many other good men, believed in, and fought for, and sustained by the witness of his life his country’s best ideals. Continue Reading »
Why The Night of the Hunter Is a Christmas Movie
by Hannah LongThe Night of the Hunter shows that evil is powerful, but ultimately ridiculous and defeatable. Continue Reading »
What Are Men For?
by Niall GoochIn July 1944, when my paternal grandfather was a little younger than I am now, he witnessed the near-destruction by Allied bombers and artillery of the old city of Caen, in Normandy. At that point he had been a soldier for six years and had seen some brutal action during the initial landings in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Persecution of Armenian Christians Is Not Just a Religious Freedom Issue
by Joel VeldkampChristian communities around the world are facing oppression, military attack, and ethnic cleansing in ways that are not easy to define as violations of individual religious freedom. Continue Reading »
From Mecca to Rome
by Samuel SweeneyJoseph Fadelle was born in Iraq in the 1960s. During his mandatory service in the Iraqi army, he was assigned a Christian roommate. Initially distraught to be rooming with an infidel, he came to understand that God had given him the mission of converting this man to Islam. In challenging the man’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Prodigal Daughter
by Megan BashamLike many a wayward daughter of middle-class America, when I was in college I took up academic culture’s invitation to throw off the moral restraints of my Christian upbringing. I experimented with all manner of substances and licentiousness—even with feminist theory, which almost proved . . . . Continue Reading »
Fire Upon the Earth
by Charles J. ChaputContempt for religious faith has been growing in America’s leadership classes for many decades, as scholars such as Christian Smith and Christopher Lasch have shown. But in recent years, government pressure on religious entities has increased. It involves interfering with the conscience rights . . . . Continue Reading »
The Trouble With Christian Leftism
by Sohrab AhmariChristian witness suffers terribly when Christians adopt the left’s theories of history and methods of social change. Continue Reading »
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