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In his (excellent) biography of Bavinck, James Eglinton notes a shift that happened in the great Dutch theologian around the turn of the century. Earlier in his career, Bavinck was deeply concerned with the project of reinvigorating Calvinism in the […]
Matthew LoftusCultureHistory
Nationalism may not be the boogeyman you want it to be, but it might be the petard which by nationalists are hoisting themselves.
Ryan McCormickFeaturedHistory
Over the past year, parents and conservative activists have clashed with teachers and school officials over how the history of race in America is taught in the classroom. The rhetoric on both sides has been heated, with debate centering specifically […]
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedHistoryCurrent PoliticsJournalJournal 1
It has become a tired cliché to lament the polarization of American politics, yet after a year that witnessed a post-election assault on the US Capitol, and in which even epidemiology became a partisan issue, few would contest the truth […]
David MooreFeaturedHistory
Ben and Jenna Storey met while doing their doctorates at the University of Chicago. Ben is the Jane Gage Hipp Professor of Politics and International Affairs, and Director of the Tocqueville Program at Furman University. Jenna is Assistant Professor of […]
Christina StantonFeaturedHistory
It was love at first sight. Tall and statuesque, she cast a beautiful golden glow. To a 23-year-old Florida girl, she radiated the style and energy of my new city, and I wanted to be just like her. I sat […]
Jake MeadorHistoryBook Reviews
We are going to be reviewing the book in some fashion on the main page (I see you, Sarah). That said, given Kevin DeYoung’s review at TGC this morning, I wanted to put up some quick notes replying to what […]
Elizabeth SticeFeaturedHistoryCurrent Politics
The 16th century writer and reformer Erasmus of Rotterdam has much to teach us in our own moment of cultural fragmentation.
Rebekah CurtisFeaturedHistoryDemographicsCurrent Politics
Boomers have had all the luck of cod in a cask in recent generational warfare. Lyman Stone declared at The Atlantic that “The Boomers Ruined Everything.” Joseph Sternberg accuses the Boomer bloc of The Theft of a Decade, stealing Millenials’ […]
David BlackFeaturedHistoryEconomics and Business
“This is wrong,” the witch said. “Witches turn children into cookies. Children don’t turn witches into cookies. It’s against the natural order.”
Jake MeadorHistory
From “The Significance of Bolshevism” (written in 1933): Man cannot live in a spiritual void; he needs some fixed social standards and some absolute intellectual principles. Bolshevism at least replaces the spiritual anarchy of bourgeois society by a rigid order […]
Jeremiah WebsterFeaturedHistoryEducation
The Anglo-Saxon scop was a figure whose office involved poetic and priestly roles which helped to open medieval eyes to the wonder of creation.