Should We Judge Thomas Jefferson by His Ideals or His Actions?A new biography maps out the moral tensions that tormented his mind and tainted his legacy.
America Has Tried Three ‘Narratives of Belonging.’ None Worked as Planned.How a sober look at failed projects of nationalism can help Christians envision a better way.
Thomas Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible. He Only Succeeded in Making It Sad.The third president’s attempts to revise Scripture offer a warning about our own tendency to “edit” the truth.
An Attack on Faith-Based Exemptions Is an Attack on the Founders’ VisionA historian’s “intentionally provocative” account of religious liberty in America leaves too little room for claims of conscientious dissent.
White Evangelicals Have a Complicated Relationship with Christian NationalismThree books try to make sense of this political ideology.简体中文繁體中文
Balm for the Religious-Freedom Lover’s SoulSteven Waldman’s book helps “complainers” like me regain a sense of perspective.
How Freedom Became an American IdolOnce a people view themselves as their own highest authority, whatever they most value becomes their god. And that god will rule their nation.
Why We Shouldn’t Remove God from the Pledge of AllegianceWhat we really need, says Kevin Seamus Hasson, is a different understanding of the ‘God’ our nation is under.
What We're Really Debating This Campaign SeasonIt's time to acknowledge America's ideals and failures.
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