Babelic America? A Response to Paul D. Miller
I am grateful to Paul D. Miller for his recent review of “Between Babel and Beast.” Some of his criticisms hit home, some miss the mark. I respond to a few.
Peter J. LeithartNovember 12, 2019
Humbling Account of a Vietnam Tragedy: Review of Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968
Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam is a book about an epic tragedy….
Thomas E. WilsonNovember 11, 2019
Mythbusters: American Founding Edition — Review of Mark David Hall’s Did America Have a Christian Founding?
In Did America Have a Christian Founding? Mark David Hall explores a perennially debated topic that needs a proper evaluation now more than ever.
Alexandra NieuwsmaNovember 7, 2019
Religious Freedom in Muslim and Christian Lands: Review of Philpott’s Religious Freedom in Islam and Wilken’s Liberty in the Things of God
It is a common misconception that Christianity is historically the bastion of and main cheerleader for religious freedom and Islam…
Tim ScheidererOctober 31, 2019
A Conflicted American Perspective on Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Review of Haynes’ The Battle for Bonhoeffer
In recent years, critical American scholarship on the life and witness of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer has uncritically polarized the anti-Nazi…
Timothy MallardOctober 24, 2019
“The Bookcase” Spring-Summer 2019 Issue
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great, by Ben Shapiro (Broadside, 2019). This…
The EditorsOctober 17, 2019
The World Turned, but in What Direction? Review of Jacobs’ The Year of Our Lord 1943
In 1943, the tide of World War II shifted against the Axis powers, but as the Allies advanced, many began…
Justin RoyOctober 10, 2019
The Just War Idea and America’s Wars: Eric Patterson’s Just American Wars: Ethical Dilemmas in US Military History
American thinkers initiated the recovery of the just war idea and its use in contemporary debate on ethics and the…
James Turner JohnsonOctober 3, 2019
Paul Ramsey and the Recovery of the Just War Idea
There are three important reasons why Paul Ramsey’s “The Just War” should be remembered and read by those who haven’t yet encountered it, or reread by those who have.
James Turner JohnsonSeptember 30, 2019
