This month's Commentary features a provocative piece (click on the link and scroll down) by Jennifer Rubin on Jewish reactions…
American Jews and Sarah Palin
American politics
Glenn Beck and the new evangelical ecumenism
In December 2009, talk show host Glenn Beck topped Billy Graham on Gallup’s list of most admired men. Many of…
Atheism and public office in North Carolina
In Ashville, North Carolina, the Los Angeles Times reports, a city councilman is under fire for being an atheist (or,…
Dean of natural law
In the New York Times Magazine, David Kirkpatrick writes about Robert P. George, one of the architects of the recently-unveiled…
Shifting drivers of change
Today, contemporary voluntary religion entails a “common-sense” epistemology that in some ways is strangely unaware of its own limits. Today’s…
Obama, Christian realism, and Just War theory
A round-up of some of the recent commentary on President Obama and the ethics of war, following the invocation of…
Who has ‘religion’?
More and more Americans say they have no formal religious affiliation. National surveys, scholarly findings, and media coverage make that…
Does Joe Lieberman benefit from Jewish stereotypes?
Via Yglesias, Jonathan Chait wonders whether certain Jewish stereotypes are redounding to the benefit of the senator from Connecticut.
Atheist councilman challenged
In Ashville, North Carolina, opponents of atheist City Councilman Cecil Bothwell are challenging the legitimacy of his oath of office…
Beginning with witness: An interview with Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson is Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an organization that stood in opposition to two world wars…