In his review of Olivier Roy’s The Crisis of Culture, Ian Leslie writes: Roy argues that culture in the sense we have understood it is being inexorably eroded. It’s not, as some of his countrymen believe, that one culture is […]
Archives for September 2024
Prestigious New England boarding school offers free ride to families making under $150,000 a year
This is very cool. The prestigious Deerfield Academy, located in the historic village of Deerfield, Massachusetts (the home of the 1704 Indian raid made famous by John Demos’s book The Unredeemed Captive ), is offering free tuition and boarding to […]
The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth A. Athens
Elizabeth A. Athens is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Connecticut. This interview is based on her new book, William Bartram’s Visual Wonders: The Drawings of an American Naturalist (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
Abortion decision-making: slow down vs. speed up
Why does the number of abortions in America appear to be rising?
We Are Insufficiently Immunized Against Nazis
The Third Reich’s script would please far too many today
The Author’s Corner with Keidrick Roy
Keidrick Roy is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. This interview is based on his new book, American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism (Princeton University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]
The January 6 that Never EndedÂ
The leader is not the nation—at least in this nation
American Christian voters and third parties: a historical overview
While third-party voting has never been the norm among American Christians, it has a long history.
40 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Here is today’s evangelicals and politics roundup: Christianity Today asks whether there is a Christian candidate in this presidential election. A recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs survey found that about 2 in 10 white evangelicals “say the word […]
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Among the Jeffersonians
The chapter on Thomas Jefferson in my book Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction is titled “Thomas Jefferson: Follower of Jesus.” In that chapter I discuss Jefferson’s attempt to model his life after the teachings of […]
The Author’s Corner with Connie Goddard
Connie Goddard is a journalist and independent scholar. This interview is based on her new book, Learning for Work: How Industrial Education Fostered Democratic Opportunity (University of Illinois Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Learning for Work? CG: […]
J. D. Vance and Legal Parentage
Is genetics-above-all the best guideline for answering the question ‘Who is the parent?’
Interview: Dixie Dillon Lane’s book, Skipping School, is under contract
A homeschooling mother, who also happens to be a historian of homeschooling, updates us on her book project and more.
REVIEW: Is Potty-Training What You Will Do with Your One Wild and Precious Life?
On the merits and limits of pro-natal progressivism
Building up the evangelical mind: Asbury University Honors Program and Lewis House in Lexington, KY Â
Two relatively new institutions are doing great work for the future of the evangelical mind.
The Author’s Corner with Kyle B. Carpenter
Kyle B. Carpenter is Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. This interview is based on his new book, Globalizing the Lower Rio Grande: European Entrepreneurs in the Borderlands, 1749-1881 (University of North Texas […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Robert Caro is writing 900 words a day on the last installment of his LBJ biography. Caro’s writing shed here. Caro and The Power Broker “The Fantasy World of Baseball” […]
Blessing of Unicorns: books, books, books (and a little more)
In this week’s roundup of Unicorns, meet some new books, several author interviews, and some thoughts on the complexities of history.
See you this weekend in Anderson, South Carolina!
I will be in Anderson, SC this weekend for some lectures. My host is the Anderson Forum for Progressive Theology. Learn more here.