There would be no America without George Whitefield. He was the most important evangelistic preacher of the First Great Awakening. Whitefield preached to thousands in America as he ushered in a revival that transformed colonial America in the 1730s and 1740s, laying the spiritual foundation for the American Revolution. Whitefield
Writers are intimately familiar with the dialogue that occurs over even the smallest of details in the course of creating and publishing a piece. Does this phrase concisely articulate my point? Is that example relevant? Would a comma here provide greater clarification? Is there a better way to word something
Unlike the three men who wrote The Federalist under the pseudonym Publius, Anti-Federalists lacked a single vision or coherent strategy. Some opposed the Constitution because they said it would promote oligarchy by the Senate; others because they feared executive tyranny. Others worried most about majoritarian democracy. Richard Henry Lee held all these positions,
In his fascinating new book, The Idea Machine, longtime publishing executive and man of letters Joel J. Miller explores the history of a uniquely formative cultural phenomenon. The subtitle, How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future, captures the main argument. Books have, in many ways, made civilization possible. And while
For many, Christmas entails hearty laughs with loved ones, hot cocoa around a crackling fire, and most importantly, a rich gratitude for the wonder of the incarnation. But in 1777, Christmas was very different for seventeen-year-old Joseph Plumb Martin. A private in the Continental army, Joseph arrived at Valley Forge a
In this special “addendum” edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Jenna A. Robinson, president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. They discuss Russell Kirk’s book, Decadence and Renewal in the Higher Learning.
In this addendum edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Hunter Baker, who serves as provost and dean of the faculty at North Greenville University as well as a senior fellow at the CRCD. They
This week’s feature at the Reading Wheel Review is an additional piece related to this month’s focus on Stephen O. Presley’s, Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church: Recovering an Ancient Vision. Over at the Journal of Religion, Culture & Democracy, Dr. Presley reviews a recent book by Dr. Nijay K. Gupta, a professor of
In 2003, David Koyzis first published his highly influential book on political ideologies, Political Visions and Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies. The book was revised and expanded in 2019 to account for the significant cultural shifts that transpired between those release dates. Political Visions and Illusions works at a
Christian theologians have paid careful attention to history since the earliest days of the church. This attention is entirely warranted, of course, since the Christian faith depends on historical events, with Christ’s life, death, and resurrection among the most important. Theology and history are thus inseparable, but theologians and historians
