Category: Commonwealth Slider

Israel’s War on Hamas: A Christian Just War Perspective

A.J. Nolte — February 6, 2024

Israel’s War on Hamas: A Christian Just War Perspective

Does Israel's war on Hamas meet the criteria of Christian just war theory?

Christendom After Comcast

John Ehrett — February 1, 2024

Christendom After Comcast

Christian political retrieval has yet to reckon with how digital technology affects authority.

The Old Faith in a New Nation: A Review

Jacob Huneycutt — January 19, 2024

The Old Faith in a New Nation: A Review

Jacob Huneycutt reviews a new work on how early Americans viewed the Christian past.

Napoleon: Strongman of the Evangelicals?

Miles Smith — January 10, 2024

Napoleon: Strongman of the Evangelicals?

How have evangelicals related to the "Big Men of History"?

What Counts as “Religion”?

John Ehrett — January 3, 2024

What Counts as “Religion”?

The Supreme Court wrestled with defining "religion" long before public displays of Satanism started.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Our Constantinian Moment

Brad Littlejohn — December 6, 2023

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Our Constantinian Moment

21st century intellectuals are realizing, as Constantine did, that only Christianity can hold our civilization together.

Augustine and Antisemitism

James R. Wood — November 29, 2023

Augustine and Antisemitism

Augustine developed an increasingly mature "witness doctrine" of the Jews throughout his life.

“In the Midst of the Congregation I Will Praise Thee”: The Political Need for Public Thanksgiving

Adam Carrington — November 21, 2023

“In the Midst of the Congregation I Will Praise Thee”: The Political Need for Public Thanksgiving

American days of thanksgiving once incorporated public worship. Could they do so again?

On Profitable Professions: Martin Bucer, “BS Jobs”, and Modern Money Making

Jake Meador — November 10, 2023

On Profitable Professions: Martin Bucer, “BS Jobs”, and Modern Money Making

Are concerns about "BS jobs" as old as the Reformation?

Retrieving Our Common Wealth: A Manifesto

Brad Littlejohn — October 26, 2023

Retrieving Our Common Wealth: A Manifesto

Brad Littlejohn introduces Commonwealth, a new wing of Ad Fontes devoted to Protestant political retrieval.