By Yvonne Zipp, Published: December 20 As the King James Bible turns 400 this year, it is perhaps more revered than read. That’s a shame, argue three new books, which contend that its cultural influence and literary merit are unsurpassed in the English language. 1. In the 16th century, guerillas weren’t smuggling guns or drugs: They [...]

The Tocqueville Forum is pleased to announce that Professor Jean Bethke Elshtain will receive the fifth annual Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. Award for Teaching and Humane Letters. This award, generously supported by Michael Maibach – a former student of Father Schall – and The Maibach Fund, has been created to honor individuals who exemplify [...]

CLICK HERE TO GO TO CHRISTIAN CENTURY by Philip Jenkins Nov 18, 2011 Traveling across Europe elicits constant double-takes for someone of the baby-boom generation. Just as you are relishing the sights in a lovely city like Prague, Dres­den or Budapest, you are startled to see an object or a historical marker that reminds you [...]

December 14, 2011 The utter travesty that was the congressional “Super Committee” has led us to even lower depths of skepticism about the government’s ability to control debt and spending. In this new era of malaise, lessons from the time of the Constitution’s adoption — and fears from those days about what the newly-framed government [...]

On November 1, amidst the political wrangling over jobs and deficits, the House of Representatives took thirty-five minutes to debate what may seem like a tangential issue: whether Congress would re-affirm “In God We Trust” as our national motto. The text of the resolution called this “a principle that was venerated by the founders of [...]

Thomas S. Kidd Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots Author Event If you love history or simply enjoy a lively discussion, then join us this evening as we welcome Thomas Kidd, author of Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots, to our store. Come out and learn more about this fascinating personality from American history. Thursday December 01, [...]

Nov. 28, 2011 Follow us on Twitter: @BaylorUMediaCom   Dr. Rodney Stark, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and co-director of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, will present a lecture, “Doing History A Second Time Around,” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Kayser Auditorium of the Hankamer School of Business on the [...]

Less than a year to go until the first presidential election in which Tea Party activists, who speak of the ideals of the American Revolution, will play a large role—but what were those ideals? Basic Books has just published Thomas Kidd’s Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots, a biography of the man known as “the voice [...]

2nd Opinion: The last acceptable prejudice? By Byron Johnson Published: November 11, 2011 In early May 1990, after turning in final grades for the spring semester, my departmental chair walked into my office with a big smile on his face and handed me a letter from the university president. It was a non-renewal letter. I [...]

Family Research Council recently hosted criminologist Byron Johnson, the author of More God, Less Crime, to discuss his research on religion’s effects on criminal behavior. In his presentation, he told the audience that “as religiosity goes up, the tendency to commit crime or delinquent acts goes down.” (To watch Johnson’s presentation, click here.) According to [...]