Category: Politics

The Market as God: A Review

M. W. Sinnett — November 2, 2025

The Market as God: A Review

Harvey Cox explores the spiritual implications of an old theme from Adam Smith

Mere Natural Law: A Review

Stephen Sills — June 23, 2025

Mere Natural Law: A Review

Hadley Arkes's new book grounds the foundations of Natural Law in the truths of moral reason.

Our “Aeterni Patris” Moment? Musings on Aristotle’s Practical Philosophy and Protestant Retrieval

Manfred Svensson — January 29, 2025

Our “Aeterni Patris” Moment? Musings on Aristotle’s Practical Philosophy and Protestant Retrieval

Political retrieval has always been a more nuanced affair for Protestants.

The Political Challenge of Jonah: Reflections on Niebuhr and Postliberalism

Hamish Stirling — July 10, 2024

The Political Challenge of Jonah: Reflections on Niebuhr and Postliberalism

The political aspects of the Book of Jonah are too frequently overlooked.

Christianity, The Best Friend to Good Government

Miles Smith IV — June 3, 2024

Christianity, The Best Friend to Good Government

Who is the final arbiter for Christian conduct in politics?

When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward

Nathan Johnson — September 27, 2023

When Rights Go Wrong: Simone Weil on Uprootedness and the Way Forward

70 years on, Simone Weil's "The Need for Roots" remains prescient in diagnosing modern social and political woes.

Sacred Polities, Natural Law and the Law of the Nations in the 16th-17th Centuries

Brad Littlejohn — June 13, 2023

Sacred Polities, Natural Law and the Law of the Nations in the 16th-17th Centuries

Brad Littlejohn looks for the positives in an overall disappointing volume on Natural Law in the Early Modern era

Can A “Christian Nation” Be Good For Everybody?

Kevin DeYoung — May 24, 2023

Can A “Christian Nation” Be Good For Everybody?

Kevin DeYoung reviews an important new book on religious liberty in the USA.

Christendom, Rightly Understood

Flynn Evans — April 14, 2023

Christendom, Rightly Understood

Prevailing evangelical understandings of what "Christendom" is or was are often hugely mistaken.

America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding: A Review

Brad Littlejohn — February 23, 2023

America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding: A Review

Brad Littlejohn reviews Robert Reilly's bizarre case for the influence of Roman Catholicism upon the American founding.