While organized labor may seem to be a distinctively modern phenomenon, recent scholarship points to the historical prevalence of such associations across the ancient Mediterranean, from Rome to Egypt
Nadya WilliamsFebruary 24, 2025
Peggy Noonan’s “A Certain Sense of America” captures the political contradictions and controversies that have characterized the last decade as few other books have
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyFebruary 18, 2025
While a useful primer on intra-evangelical political disagreements, “Uneasy Citizenship” suffers from the same recency bias that seems to preclude almost all Protestant intellectuals from engaging with political theology before WWII
Tim MiloschJanuary 21, 2025
A new book explores the dynamic relationship between presidential rhetoric on foreign policy and the goals America seeks to accomplish abroad
Robert C. RowlandJanuary 14, 2025
Paul DeHart’s new book, “Contract in the Ruins: Natural Law and Government by Consent,” argues that what we today call “liberalism” cannot be understood in isolation from natural law and the Protestant Reformation
Trey DimsdaleJanuary 7, 2025
Samuel Perry’s new book “Religion for Realists” challenges American Christians to consider the intrinsically tribal elements of religion
Sheluyang PengNovember 26, 2024
Ben Buchanan’s “The Hacker and the State” (2020) is an instructive introduction to cyberwarfare, yet his characterization of cyber tactics as ineffective at signaling a nation’s intent and resolve is unpersuasive
Blake MuellerNovember 20, 2024
Jesus “suffered under Pontius Pilate,” but how much blame does the Roman governor of Judea really deserve?
Nadya WilliamsNovember 7, 2024
Though Conclave is lazy and pandering, the book version does include an interesting examination of the intrinsic tensions within the Roman Catholic Church as embodying both temporal politics and spiritual guidance
Trey DimsdaleOctober 29, 2024