In one of the lesser-studied chapters of his renowned Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville reflects on the “spirit” in which democratic nations such as

I haven’t gone to many academic conferences the last few years, having been out of the country, so it was good to return to the

I hope I’m not abusing the right to re-run old material, but the gem below is more than worthy of the honor, especially during Christmastide.

It’s a bit daunting to follow up Heidi De Jonge here every two weeks. Heidi plumbs her personal and pastoral experience in a deep yet

Rebecca Koerselman’s post earlier this week about the “Competing Narratives” of American history struck a nerve with me. For decades I’ve been giving presentations for

N. C. Wyeth, “Thanksgiving Banquet” Today being today, I’m posting a (slightly altered) piece previously published in the November 2005 issue of Perspectives magazine. Thanksgiving

Quo Vadis promo still, 1951 I’m on the road again and so have to write this the day before the midterm elections even though it

‘Easter Morning,’ BBC Wales I planned to follow up to my last post, on Neo-Calvinism, with a bit of polemics, but then I thought why

Last Friday I had the honor of speaking at “Sharply into the Wind,” the program marking Cornelis van der Kooi’s emeritation at the Free University