Stephen Wolfe’s book, while provocative and worth reading, fails to consider the good reasons for Abraham Kuyper’s neo-Calvinist political theology
Mark J. LarsonAugust 22, 2024
Contemporary debates over ‘Christian nationalism’ have surprising roots in 17th century debates over republicanism versus monarchism.
Howe D. Whitman IIIApril 26, 2023
Like Churchill as he mulled Cromwell, we must prepare for threats beyond, while still contending with today.
Mark TooleyAugust 2, 2022
How should controversial leaders, after the passing of time, be remembered? With ceremonial execration, a prominent statue, or, perhaps, eventually, both? And what about the victims of history, those who were often forgotten and not publicly memorialized in bronze or stone?
Richard Allen HydeFebruary 10, 2022
The foreign policies of Teddy Roosevelt and his distant cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt represent an intersection between two different Protestant worldviews.
Mark TooleyApril 16, 2018
This article, delineating the two kinds of freedom found in the tradition of Western civilization, was originally published in Christianity and Crisis on October 19th, 1942. Editor Henry P. Van Dusen clarifies the two strands of freedom that have developed in European thought. One comes from the Protestant Reformation, a freedom that comes as a result of being created in God’s image and the rights that entail; the other comes from the Enlightenment, a freedom that is intrinsic to man’s nature and “self-evident,” something that is somehow apparent to all.
Christianity & Crisis MagazineSeptember 21, 2017
The historic English speaking world hasn’t had a military coup in over 350 years since Oliver Cromwell dispersed the Long…
Mark TooleyJuly 19, 2016
The pics of the Obamas meeting little Prince George, British royal heir, in his bathrobe were very cute. More distressing…
Mark TooleyApril 26, 2016