Civil War
America’s ‘First Evangelical President’ Might Not Have Been a Christian at AllTwo new books probe the mysteries of Abraham Lincoln’s public and private relationship to religion.
Early Americans Read the Bible in a Way That Nearly Destroyed AmericaMark Noll surveys the effects of an “independence-first” approach to Scripture.español
What Church Splits Can Teach Us About a Dividing AmericaAs in the past, one can learn about our nation’s political divisions by looking at our religious ones.
Denmark Vesey’s Challenge to a Biblically Literate NationThe architect of a foiled 19th-century slave revolt justified violence in terms he hoped Americans would understand.
The Confederate Statues Are Gone. The Work of Repentance Continues.These white evangelicals want to make the former capital of the Confederacy into the capital of racial reconciliation.
Good Riddance to the Robert E. Lee StatueThe Civil War pitted principles against community. A Christian vision ties them together again.简体中文繁體中文
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.
The Civil War in Our HeartsPolitical division finds fuel in sin that separates us from each other. Only peacemakers win the title “children of God.”
How Lebanon’s First Female Militant Made Her Fight More FaithfulJocelyne Khoueiry inspired over 1,500 Christian women to enlist during the civil war, then shifted her efforts from arms to knees.
Monuments Can Be Destroyed, but Not ForgottenOur most controversial stone statues carry layers of communal history that aren’t easily cast aside.
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