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Huntington, World Order, and Russia

When Al-Qaida attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, Samuel P. Huntington was nearing the end of a distinguished career as a political scientist. He had been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences before the age of 40. Later he became president of the American Political Science Association. His…
Stephen Hoffmann
April 15, 2019
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Beyond the Clash of Civilizations: Hermeneutical Hospitality as a Model for Civilizational Dialogue

The year 2018 marks two milestone anniversaries: the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Samuel Huntington’s original “Clash of Civilizations” essay in Foreign Affairs and the seventeenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. After those attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Huntington’s predictions of Muslim-Western clashes appeared vindicated. But his…
Scott Waalkes
April 15, 2019
Review Essays

Culture, Religion, and American Power—A Review Essay

By and large, the discipline of political science does not take religion seriously. The typical member of this particular scholarly guild sees religious belief and affiliation not as causes of political action, but rather as consequences of political or economic interests. Religion, at most, is a device that savvy elites use to hoodwink gullible masses…
John Owen
April 15, 2019
Extended Review

Created and Creating —An Extended Review

It is exciting to see the wealth of new scholarship being produced around the interrelationships between the Christian faith and human cultures, as Christians ask important questions about how religion relates to other aspects of human cultures, how Christianity relates to particular cultures (or to particular aspects of cultures), and how the Christian church should…
Mark A. Peters
April 15, 2019
Extended Review

Why Comics? — An Extended Review

The Protestant Reformation made the Bible accessible not only to theologians and priests, but also to everyday people. Interestingly, though, certain branches of that same movement were deeply distrustful of the paintings, statues, icons, and stained glass windows that adorned churches, viewing them as objects of idolatrous worship rather than as doorways and windows to…
January 15, 2019
Reviews

Exploring Christian Song

Exploring Christian Song, a collection of essays marking the fifteenth anniversary of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music (SCSM), is an admirable testament to the breadth and quality of contributions made by SCSM members to the growing conversation between music and theology. For these scholars, Christian song is more than liturgical decoration. It is,…
January 15, 2019
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Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters

In Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters, Christian Smith proposes an insightful theory of religion, differentiating between the nature of religion itself and the various effects of religion. Seeking such differentiation, the complex and overlapping relationship between an ontological understanding of religion and religion’s practical effects and impacts in and…
January 15, 2019
Reviews

Just Debt: Theology, Ethics, and Neoliberalism

Tracing capitalism’s evolution, particularly its lending and borrowing elements, from its Smithian beginnings to its neoliberal present, North Park University philosopher and ethicist Ilsup Ahn warns that something radically new and deeply troubling is now afoot: “The neoliberal idea of debt is problematic because it is no longer conceived as a morally relevant issue but…
January 15, 2019