Category: Commonwealth

The Church Against the State: A Review

James R. Wood — March 12, 2025

The Church Against the State: A Review

James Wood reviews Andrew Willard Jones' latest.

The Christian Logic of the Postwar Consensus

John Ehrett — February 10, 2025

The Christian Logic of the Postwar Consensus

Have Christian critics of the postwar consensus done the reading?

Political Prudence as Fuzzy Thinking

John Ehrett — January 22, 2025

Political Prudence as Fuzzy Thinking

Do would-be Christian rulers' appeals to "prudence" often simply mask a lack of clear thinking?

A Political-Theological Defense of the Pardoning Power

Adam Carrington — December 3, 2024

A Political-Theological Defense of the Pardoning Power

Three reasons why the presidential pardoning power is necessary, despite its abuses.

The End of Protestant Retrieval

John Ehrett — November 27, 2024

The End of Protestant Retrieval

Is it really as simple as retrieving the Reformers' political theology alongside their other doctrines?

The Gaze of Love as Mortal Good

John Ehrett — November 14, 2024

The Gaze of Love as Mortal Good

Is life as bleak as Ephraim Radner makes out?

Samuel Pufendorf, Religion, and Civil Society

Brad Littlejohn — October 15, 2024

Samuel Pufendorf, Religion, and Civil Society

Were Protestant nations really as religiously restrictive as medieval Roman Catholic ones?

The Aztec Ontology of Violence

John Ehrett — September 4, 2024

The Aztec Ontology of Violence

Those who think modernity presents an "ontology of violence" should consider the Aztecs.

Whose Heritage? Which Americans?

James R. Wood — July 17, 2024

Whose Heritage? Which Americans?

James Wood takes steps toward a constructive definition of "heritage Americans"

Simon P. Kennedy — July 1, 2024

Empowered Witness: A Review

A review of Alan D. Strange's book on politics, culture, and the spiritual mission of the church