Roman Empire

Pax Romana, Pax Britannica, Pax Americana: What does hegemon status mean for American citizens abroad?

The fragile peace the Russia has experienced by granting autonomy to ethnic minorities may unravel under the strains of the Ukrainian Invasion.

This remembrance helps develop a confident, enduring Christian hope that is more than wishful thinking and leads to real-world action.

Our religious freedom is one of these modern privileges that previous generations would have envied. Reviewing religious persecution in the past can help Christians appreciate the freedoms they have now.

Pandemics have historically been catalysts for political, economic, and social change. From Thucydides, Prokopios, and Ibn Khaldun, historians of the past who lived through the great pandemics of their day charted the ghastly toll of these invisible killers.

Tom Holland, author of the recently published “Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World,” has done a great service to current discussions on the relationship between Christianity and Western civilization.

Worship of a new deity, “Healthiness,” has only a passing resemblance to actual health. This new god is part of a small pantheon that centers around the chief deity, a “Science” that supposedly holds the key to understanding everything in the universe, from morality to medicine.

Not every plague is a judgment, but every plague is a revelation.

Perhaps one of my favorite tools in teaching Western civilization to undergrads at Arizona State University is to show clips…