Mark Tooley

Mark Tooley is IRD’s president and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and is a native of Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of Taking Back The United Methodist Church, published in 2008; Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century, published in 2012; and The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War, published in 2015.

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Marksism | Ep. 7: On Western Civilization

In this episode of Marksism, Mark Tooley and Marc LiVecche discuss Tom Holland’s Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind….

Christianity and Espionage

Nicholas Dujmovic is 27 year CIA veteran who now directs intelligence studies at Catholic University in Washington, DC. He’s a…

Christianity’s Covert Success

British historian Tom Holland’s brilliant book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World describes the sometimes unrealized, even covertly…

Marksism | Episode 6: A 2020 and 1968 Comparison, Supreme Court Rulings, and Mainline Decline
Marksism | Ep. 6: A 2020 and 1968 Comparison, Supreme Court Rulings, and Mainline Decline

In the sixth episode of Marksism series on June 26, 2020, editors Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche speak…

Trashing Statues & US Principles

As mobs continue to topple, deface or threaten statues of Lincoln, Washington, Churchill, Gandhi, and Catholic saints, I interview Jarrett…

America amid Spiritual Anxiety: A Conversation with Joseph Bottum

Here’s my interview with Jody Bottum, author of An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America, who…

Marksism | Ep. 5: A Discussion on Holland’s Dominion and More

In the fifth episode of the weekly series of Marksism, Mark Tooley and Marc LiVecche discuss British historian Tom Holland’s…

Marksism | Ep. 4: Hope vs. Despair, Race Relations, Ongoing COVID-19, and More

In the fourth episode of the weekly series of Marksism, editors Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche begin by…

Marksism | Ep. 3: George Floyd, Protests, and More

Providence editors Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche discuss the week’s latest events, including the protests and riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death, and Providence’s recent articles.

Marksism | Ep. 2: On Rioting, Reinhold Niebur, and More

In the second episode of the weekly series of Marksism, Mark Tooley (editor) and Marc LiVecche (executive editor) discuss the…