Mark Melton was the managing editor for Providence from 2020 to 2022 and was the journal’s inaugural deputy editor from 2015 to 2020. He earned his master’s degree in international relations from the University of St. Andrews, and his bachelor’s degree in foreign language and international trade comes from Mississippi College. Prior to moving to DC, he worked as a political science adjunct professor at community colleges in Mississippi and taught English in France.
Published in Christianity and Crisis 75 years ago on March 18, 1946, the speech offers the future Secretary of State Dulles’ insights and recommendations for how the United States should utilize the newly established United Nations. Readers today can learn from how the great statesman saw the world as it dragged itself out of the ruins of a total war.
Christianity & Crisis Magazine & John Foster Dulles & Mark MeltonMarch 12, 2021
On March 5, 1946—75 years ago—Winston Churchill delivered the “Sinews of Peace” at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. “Special relationship” to describe US-UK relations and “Iron Curtain” both become household terms after the speech, and some point to this moment as the official start to the Cold War.
Joseph Loconte & Mark MeltonMarch 4, 2021
In this week’s episode, the editors discuss Brad Littlejohn’s article about John Locke and his “appeal to heaven” reference and Mark Tooley’s interview with Allen Guelzo on whether American conservatives should look to Edmund Burke.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonFebruary 26, 2021
In this week’s episode, the editors discuss Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker’s article about how the nations appear in the Bible,…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonFebruary 19, 2021
In this week’s episode, the editors discuss Mark Tooley’s conversation with Nigel Biggar, a Presbyterian’s look at nationalism, Mark Melton’s review of a book on the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Reinhold Niebuhr’s call for Christians to feed and clothe the defeated Germans in 1946.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonFebruary 12, 2021
Numbers and statistics can desensitize students of war to real tragedy. But Keefe’s focus on Jean McConville’s murder in Say Nothing gives readers a detailed examination of the Troubles while reminding them of the victims.
Mark MeltonFebruary 9, 2021
In this episode of Marksism, the editors discuss Tobias Cremer’s article about an emerging post-religious right in America and the US Capitol riot. They also cover Eric Patterson’s article about religious freedom in the Middle East ten years after the Arab Spring.
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonJanuary 30, 2021
In this week’s episode, the editors discuss Mark Haas’ article about polarization, and then cover the use of religion in…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonJanuary 22, 2021
In this episode of Marksism, the editors review recent articles Providence published about the riot at the US Capitol on…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonJanuary 15, 2021
In this episode of Marksism, the editors discuss the storming of the US Capitol and their articles on the topic….
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonJanuary 8, 2021
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