From First Things, Richard John Neuhaus reviews A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion, by Catherine L. Albanese; a review of From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority, by Roger Lundin; a review of Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth by Alessandro Scafi; a review of Is Nature Enough? Truth and Meaning in the Age of Science by John F. Haught; and a review of A World Beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation-State by Pierre Manent. A review of Sacred Causes: Religion and Politics from the European Dictators to al Qaeda.
From Crisis, who are the Neoconservatives? An interview with Michael Novak; and a review of Can a Catholic Be a Democrat? How the Party I Loved Became the Enemy of My Religion by David Carlin; and an interview with Dinesh D’Souza on Islam, America, and the Left’s responsibility for 9/11.
From Boston Review, Nicholas Schmidle the Islamist challenge to secular Bangladesh; in search of the Common Good: Lew Daly on the Catholic roots of American liberalism; and Cathy Tumber on the proper place for religion in politics. A case for a libertarian Christianity: A review of The Choice Principle: The Biblical Case for Legal Toleration, by Andy G. Olree. Michelle Goldberg on The Rise of Christian Nationalism: The erosions in state/church separation and legitimization of religious supremacism would have been unthinkable even six years ago. Chris Hedges on why the Christian Right's fear of pleasure is our greatest threat to Choice. Gary Bauer on the study "Why Religion Matters Even More: The Impact of Religious Practice on Social Stability". Worse than Hell: Christopher Hitchens on the religious mind. A review of Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations.
From AEI, George Priest on The Capitalist Foundations of America. A review of Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America. The cradle of many things, but representative democracy, as we understand it today, isn't one of them. As we commemorate Jamestown's 400th anniversary, let's do so accurately. An article on reading and rereading The Mind of the South in no place Southern.
A review of Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew. A review of Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power by Robert Dallek. An excerpt from Michael Bechloss' Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989. Ian Kershaw's Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941 analyzes ten decisions that shaped the outcome of World War II. And a review of Fleeing Hitler: France 1940 by Hanna Diamond
