Commentary
Weekly Standard: In Praise of Folly
What a 16th-century blockbuster teaches us about leadership in the age of Trump.
BBC RADIO: President Trump, One Year On
In this week of the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a panel of American commentators reunite to talk about the reality, and in particular about the religious elements at play.
Wall Street Journal: How Martin Luther Advanced Freedom
The Reformation brought a radical egalitarianism to Christendom.
National Geographic: Martin Luther and the Long March to Freedom of Conscience
The father of the Protestant Reformation was a flawed prophet, but his voice was vital in the struggle for religious liberty.
Congressional Quarterly: Future of the Christian Right
Are evangelicals losing their political clout?
National Interest: Christian History Shows Why an Islamic Reformation Is Harder Than It Sounds
Theological reform is one thing. A new concept of politics is another.
Christianity Today: Why Reinhold Niebuhr Still Haunts American Politics
This article was originally posted at Christianity Today. A couple weeks before President Trump fired James Comey, we learned that the then-FBI director was an admirer of 20th century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. Thanks to sleuthing by Gizmodo, we learned that Comey’s Twitter display name was named after the father of Christian realism and that he had […]
National Review: Syria, War Crimes, and the National Interest
This article was originally posted at National Review. President Donald Trump’s decision last week to order airstrikes to punish Syria for a chemical-weapons attack that killed and injured scores of civilians has exposed conservatism’s intellectual confusion about U.S. foreign policy. Perhaps the most troubling thing about this debate is the deficit of historical perspective – a […]
Providence: The Great War & the Dawn of the American Century
This article was originally posted at Providence. By the spring of 1917, the most advanced nations on earth had spent nearly three agonizing years destroying themselves in a frenzy of blood-letting never seen within the boundaries of Europe. The United States watched, with bewilderment and anxiety, as a “Great War” among the European states broke out […]
Weekly Standard: C.S. Lewis and the Hound of Heaven
This article was originally posted at The Weekly Standard. A new one-man play about one man’s spiritual pilgrimage, C.S. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert, opens with a riff against a cruel, indifferent, and seemingly meaningless universe reminiscent of a Woody Allen monologue. “And what is ‘life’?” the protagonist asks in defending his youthful atheism. […]