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'Roads to the Temple: Truth, Memory, Ideas, and Ideals in the Making of the Russian Revolution'
A review of Leon Aron's Roads to the Temple: Truth, Memory, Ideas, and Ideals in the Making of the Russian Revolution, 1987-1991 (ISI, June 2012) ISBN: 978-0300118445. Hardcover, 496 pages; $40.00.Defending religious liberty: An interview with Eric Metaxas
Eric Metaxas is a popular author and speaker. He is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy , which was named "Book of the Year" by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Bonhoeffer also won the 2011 John C. Pollock Award for Biography awarded by Beeson Divinity School and a 2011 Christopher Award in the Non-fiction category.Editor's note
Eric Metaxas has raised the profile of two significant figures in the history of Christianity and the history of freedom in the West. His biographies of William Wilberforce and Dietrich Bonhoeffer garnered international attention and helped to remind people of the importance of living out faith in society. Metaxas, who was the keynote speaker at this year's national prayer breakfast, challenged the president on the life issue asking, "Whom do we say is not fully human today?"Why is Acton moving into new headquarters?
The short answer is that we're bursting at the seams. The new building, a landmark structure that dates to 1929, will accommodate our needs as we expand in staff, outreach activities, and in all our international educational programs and operations. The substantial basement space will allow us to expand our library and accommodate a fully functional state-of-the-art lecture hall. The hall will undergo an overhaul to seat close to 200 for in-house events, lectures, and discussions and feature the latest multi-media technology.Globalization and culture
Many of the ills of globalization are the result of top-down planning rather than free markets, but this realization needs to be balanced against another: Global capitalism can't of itself supply the cultural and moral formation worthy of the human person and essential for human flourishing. Even if we could purge much of the cronyism and misguided central planning from the process of globalization, the global market wouldn't suddenly supply the cultural and moral formation essential for widespread economic and human flourishing.Francis Hutcheson
Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was one of the most important clergymen and intellectual lights of the eighteenth century Church of Scotland.Double-edged sword: The power of the Word - Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. The Psalmist declared that, "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." This text from Matthew, the second verse in the Sermon on the Mount, ultimately points to what the coming of Christ has accomplished.A case for limiting Caesar
For too long the commentariat has assumed it is an oxymoron for someone to be both an advocate for limited government and concerned about the well-being of their fellow man.A receding voice: A century of methodist political pronouncements
A review of Mark Tooley's Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century (ISI, Jan 2012) ISBN: 978-1885224712. Hardcover, 406 pages; $24.95.Two faiths: The witness of Whittaker Chambers
Transcendent voices of certain writers who encapsulate in almost lyrical form the creative ideas, passions, and tensions within themselves, as measured by the period's conflicts they were providentially hurled against.Reformation and rediscovery: An interview with Herman J. Selderhuis
Dr. Herman J. Selderhuis is professor of Church History at the Theological University Apeldoorn (the Netherlands) and director of Refo500, the international platform on projects relating to the 16th Century. He is the author and editor of several books, including John Calvin: A Pilgrim’s Life (2009). He is alsoEditor’s note
"My conscience is captive to the Word of God," declared Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms in 1521. The Protestant Reformation transformed not just the theology of much of the Church but also heavily influenced the thought of civil and religious liberty. Today about 670 million Protestants span the globe. We are approaching the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, kicked off by Luther's posting of his 95 theses in 1517.