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Miles SmithHistory

Reviewing Nancy Isenberg's "White Trash"

Nancy Isenberg's excellent book "White Trash" is a helpful corrective to many mistaken ideas evangelicals have about America and the white working class.

Jake MeadorHistory

Hamilton and Patriotism

Lin-Manuel Miranda's marvelous work "Hamilton" provides an interesting window into how patriotism is evolving in the United States.

Miles SmithHistoryEvangelicalism

Reviewing Wilsey's "American Exceptionalism & Civil Religion"

Hillsdale College visiting professor Miles Smith reviews John Wilsey's new book "American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion."

Jake MeadorHistoryEvangelicalism

Evangelical Roots of the Benedict Option

The much-discussed Benedict Option is actually old hat amongst a certain group of evangelicals who have been practicing it since 1955.

Jake MeadorPoliticsHistory

Two scholars debate violence and the nation state

Friend of Mere O Brad Littlejohn and William Cavanaugh have had in interesting debate on violence and the nation state over at the Political Theology blog.

Guest WriterHistory

Were the 1960s when it all went wrong?

Did the world really start falling apart in the 1960s? History can teach us, but mostly it teaches us that maybe we can't predict the future.

Jake MeadorPoliticsHistoryEthicsPhilosophyPolitical TheoryembodimentLiberal ArtsTheology and PracticePolitical Theology

Arguing with George William Curtis

I'd never heard of George William Curtis before this past Saturday. A quote of his popped up on my friend's facebook wall, in what I assume

Elliot RavenwoodHistoryLiberal Arts

500 Years of Women in Art -- in 3 Minutes

A lovely video slide-show has shown up on YouTube which runs through 500 years worth of paintings depicting feminine beauty. The viewing experience is quite mesmerizing, as the video&