A Journal of
Protestant Letters
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Samuel Pufendorf, Religion, and Civil Society
Were Protestant nations really as religiously restrictive as medieval Roman Catholic ones?
“Men of all descriptions will, to a great degree, be transformed into business men”: Businessmen’s Preaching in the 19th United States
In 1857 James Waddel Alexander, prominent Presbyterian minister and former professor at what is...
Marx’s Aeschylus
On Marx reading Aeschylus (in Greek!).
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From the Editor’s Desk: Ad Fontes Spring 2024
Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Spring 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.
Retrieving Teleios-ity: Matthew 5:48 in the History of Interpretation
Jesus's command to "be perfect" puzzles modern readers, but it wasn't always that way.
The Faith of Agatha Christie
History's greatest crime writer had an often overlooked religious side - and a distinctly Protestant one at that.
The Political Challenge of Jonah: Reflections on Niebuhr and Postliberalism
The political aspects of the Book of Jonah are too frequently overlooked.
Kierkegaard, Repentance, and the True Self
It can be easy to miss Kierkegaard’s unusual path towards authenticity: a life of repentance.
The Sickness Unto Death: A Review
C. Stephen Evans reviews Bruce Kirmmse's new translation of Kierkegaard's classic.
Besom
An original poem by Dan Rattelle.
A Man Near Magnificence
An original poem by Colin Chan Redemer.
Votaries: The Blue Flower in Novalis, MacDonald, Lewis, and Robinson
Discover a forgotten influence on George Macdonald, C.S. Lewis, and Marilynne Robinson.
“And pain will be the thing that saves us”
An original poem by Tom C. Hunley