James Diddams is the Managing Editor of Providence. His writing has appeared in First Things, Providence, Mere Orthodoxy, The American Conservative and the Acton Institute’s Religion and Liberty Online. He graduated with honors from Wheaton College (IL) with majors in Art History, Economics, and Philosophy and minors in Political Science and Math. He was also a fellow with the John Jay Institute. He’s on twitter.com @ChristLover1997 and his website is jamesdiddams.org.
The decline of Christian culture in the West has implications beyond Christians themselves
James DiddamsNovember 17, 2023
We have to be far, far more critical of which measurements we can take as proxies for a healthy nation. Economists can’t make these distinctions and libertarians don’t want to.
James DiddamsDecember 14, 2022
American conservatives have a paradoxical relationship with the Middle Ages – a relationship which today has reemerged as a fascinating cleavage on the American right.
James DiddamsOctober 18, 2022
Till We Have Built Jerusalem is a challenging book for daring to discuss the connection between ethics and aesthetic theories of architecture and urban design, what Bess calls our “built environment.”
James DiddamsNovember 10, 2021
George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk argue in “One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America” that the gulf between progressive and conservative Christianity is so great they are no longer the same faith.
James DiddamsSeptember 13, 2021
In The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? Michael Sandel eloquently argues a sobering idea: America can pursue meritocracy or the common good, but not both.
James DiddamsJuly 23, 2021
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