The usual modern assumption is that Christians are supposed to leave explicitly Christian convictions and practices behind when they engage public affairs and popular culture. In this fascinating b…
Whether like Paul’s experience on the road to Damascus or Wesley’s “strangely warmed heart,” the desire to meet or be met by God is as old as humanity. But America has been the fertile seed…
In our postmodern world, every view has a place at the table but none has the final say. How should the church confess Christ in today's cultural context? This book portrays the West in all its com…
This book he concentrates on the constructive case for the truth and power of the church and its faith, "since Christians cannot afford to let ourselves be defined by what we are against. Whatever …
Many Americans think that race problems are a thing of the past because we no longer live under the Jim Crow laws that once sustained overt structures of segregation. Unfortunately, says Paul Louis…
"It remains the classic reflection of the Protestant roots and ethos behind pluralistic America and its religions today." Marty notes that the new "raw and rich pluralism" that challenges the Prote…
Two special features of the book: each essay is preceded by an introduction by one of the other contributors and followed by a response from another. A separate, multicolored, fold-out map pin-poin…
Since its inception in 1990, the journal First Things has concluded each issue with Richard John Neuhauss The Public Square. His column has attracted the attention of Americas most influent…
The verses from the Psaalter voice a passionate Jewish commitment that could not be silenced or nullified by the imperial power of Babylon. These verses succintly encode the power relationship betw…
In the midst of contending and contentious voices comes the author's wise and constructive counsel, challenging mainline Protestants to claim the ecclesiastical itellectiual, and moral center of Am…