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Book Review: ‘After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division’ by Samuel Goldman

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 2, 2021 at 10:56am
 

 

 

Daniel G. Hummel is a religious historian and the director for university engagement at Upper House, a Christian study center located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations.

Three days after polls closed on one of the most divisive elections in recent American history, Joe Biden delivered a victory speech intended to unite a fractured nation. “I’ve always believed we can define A

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Book Review: ‘The World of Plymouth Plantation’ by Carla Gardina Pestana

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 26, 2020 at 4:48pm
 
 
 
 
 

This review is by Robert Tracy McKenzie, who teaches history at Wheaton College. He is the author of The First Thanksgiving: What The Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History (IVP Academic) and a forthcoming book We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy, which releases next summer from InterVarsity Press.

This December marks 400 years since the Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth Harbor, and for the past 200 years the st

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Eugene Cho, Pastor and President of Bread for the World, Urges Christians to Stop Being Political Jerks in New Book “Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk”

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 13, 2020 at 11:49pm

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Eugene Cho wants Christians to stop being jerks, especially in today’s increasingly contentious political climate. 

In his new book, Thou Shall Not Be a Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics, Cho urges readers to stop demonizing those they disagree with and instead follow Jesus and reflect His teachings.

Cho draws on personal stories, pastoral experience, and biblical examples to encourage Christians to vote their convictions while remembering that hope already arrived in the person o

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Peep This Book Review: ‘A Theory of Everything (That Matters): a Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God’ by Alister McGrath

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on January 10, 2020 at 1:30am
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A Theory of Everything (That Matters)

Review by Greg Cootsona. Cootsona is a lecturer in comparative religion and humanities at Chico State University, a co-director of the Science for the Church ministry, and the author of Negotiating Science and Religion in America: Past, Present, and Future (Routledge). The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

When I was a grad student in Germany, I remember visiting the city of Ulm. Two particular, commingled sights come

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