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Not Just More, But Other: Teens, Theodicies, and Classical Theism
A little classical theism can go a long way with the problem of evil.
After *After Nationalism*
The pursuit of a unitary American identity is undoubtedly something that should be approached with intellectual caution.
“The Most Biblicist National Culture in the World”
A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Sam Goldman’s very stimulating new book, After Nationalism. In the book, Goldman narrates three different…
Melanchthon’s Psalm 111
First Things recently ran my metrical translation of Philip Melanchthon’s poem on the Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth. You can read an accompanying essay…
The Evangelical Victim Ghetto
In his book The Next American Nation (1995), Michael Lind offers a damning prediction of the Evangelical Right's embrace of the politics of victimhood.
