The German Peasants’ War of 1524-25, seen by communists as a proto-Marxist uprising, is perhaps the least understood episode of the Reformation
Daniel N. GullottaApril 1, 2025
The solidification of British national identity around Protestant piety, liberty, empire, and commerce played a significant yet under-discussed role in abolishing slavery
Eamonn BellinMarch 13, 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
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
Sean McGever’s “Ownership: The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley, and Whitefield” sheds light on the multifaceted story of 18th C. Evangelicals & slavery
Daniel N. GullottaAugust 14, 2024
Defined neither by secularism nor Christendom, America has instead been marked by Christian institutionalism, argues Miles Smith IV
Jeffrey CimminoJuly 8, 2024
Stephen Wolfe has written an intellectually serious book, not an action plan. But its appeal is limited to a handful of idiosyncratic, patriarchal Calvinists.
Mark David HallNovember 29, 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
Corrymeela’s community believes no one can unwind every evil of the past, so each person can only decide how he will live with others in the present.
Peter BurnsOctober 13, 2022