Os Guinness correctly sees America sinking into "soft despotism," but his proposals for restoring its civic health don't go deep enough.

A brief look.

A brief look

A faith-focused list on the long battle with Communism.

I found light in my lit.

Agnostic scholar Katharine Wilkinson looks at the legacy of the Evangelical Climate Initiative.

Melanie Kirkpatrick's 'Escape from North Korea' describes how the country descended into tyranny and madness, and why its people want out.

Where theology begins.

The problem is not God's good gift of holy matrimony—it's when we desire it above all else, forgetting the Christian virtue of self-denial.

Journalist David Aikman wonders whether our nation will squander its spiritual heritage.

Jacques Berlinerblau offers a soaring paean to freedom from religion, but the American people don't seem to be singing along.

Picks from Jennifer Grant

John Ortberg looks at Jesus' unparalleled impact on human history.

Elijah Kim's survey of global Christianity envisions "renewalist" movements fostering a new era of evangelical unity.

Michael Meyerson charts a historical path between the extremes of our church-state debates.

Brief reviews of 'Turning Points,' 'Gauguin, Cezanne, Matisse,' and 'With the Night Mail'

Paula Fredriksen ignores the early church's Israelite foundations, producing a selective (but lively) history of the idea of sin.

Ananda Rose's new book explores the religious motivations of Southwest groups on opposite sides of the immigration question.

Karen Handel speaks about the intense fire she faced during the abortion provider's funding feud with the Susan G. Komen foundation.