Jump directly to the Content

Search Results

Our Prayerful History
This impressive history of prayer in America neglects theology.
The Founding Fathers' Days of Prayer
The young country often found it needed to turn to God.
Was George Washington a Christian?
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
Religion and Reconstruction
How Christians failed following the Civil War.
With God on Our Side
David McCullough's account of the pivotal year 1776 has resonance for Americans in 2005.
The Mind and Soul of Combat
Perhaps war really is hell.
Dreams for Sale
A history of the American movie industry.
A Problematic Mission?
Would the Spanish friars of California's historic missions have lobbied for the separation of church and state?
Mythical Proportions
America is not so generous, free, and innocent as it imagines itself.
How to Pray for Our Troops
This Veteran's Day, let's commend our men and women of the services to the God who brings good even from the most evil circumstances.
Reports of the Revival
The Confederate camp became a school of Christ.
Now That You've Got Political Power, What Are You Going to Do with It?
History offers warning and hope for our modern-day Christian populism.
Eat, Drink, and Relax
Think the Pilgrims would frown on today's football-tossing, turkey-gobbling Thanksgiving festivities? Maybe not.
Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Whose Independence?
All the Founding Fathers of America celebrated independence, but what the word meant depended on who was speaking.
Books & Culture's Book of the Week: The Great American Hustle
The first volume of an ambitious new history of America highlights the engine of worldly ideals—and the role of evangelical religion in creating a distinctive American identity.
A Forgotten Founder's Fatherhood
Race, nature, and patriarchy meet in Rhys Isaac's biography of early American diarist Landon Carter.
A Crumbling Institution
How social revolutions cracked the pillars of marriage.
A Decisive Turn to Paganism
Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?
A Steady Christian Influence
Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope?

Top Story April 29, 2024

Care for the Environment Is Biblical. It’s Also a Witness to Environmentalists.
Care for the Environment Is Biblical. It’s Also a Witness to Environmentalists.
Do activists often invest their work with religious significance? All the more reason for Christians to be discerning co-laborers.

Free Newsletters

Enter The Vault

Vault

Browse our Full Library of online archives, including past issues of CT magazine.

Access the Archives
close