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National Review: C. S. Lewis and the Great War
A hundred years ago, Lewis was an atheist in the trenches of a terrible war.

CNN: Pope Francis Losing Favor Among American Catholics
Is Pope Francis too liberal for U.S. conservatives?

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 […]

Winners of The Tolkien Society Awards 2017 Announced
This article was originally posted at The Tolkien Society. We are pleased to announce the winners of The Tolkien Society Awards 2017. The Tolkien Society Awards recognise excellence in the fields of Tolkien scholarship and fandom, highlighting our long-standing charitable objective to “seek to educate the public in, and promote research into, the life and works […]