by Philip Jenkins | Dec 9, 2015 | Opinion
Does the Bible speak? If so, how? An oft-told tale of the Spanish conquest of the Americas tells of the Inca ruler Atahualpa. When he met the conquistadors in 1532, some Catholic priests reputedly gave him a Bible, telling him it contained the word of God. Atahualpa...
by Philip Jenkins | Apr 30, 2015 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Kevin M. Kruse has a new book called “One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America.” It’s a scholarly and well-researched work on a significant topic, but its assertions have been misinterpreted by several reviewers....
by Philip Jenkins | Mar 19, 2015 | Opinion
International media coverage in recent years has focused significantly on responding to ISIS. As a result, the increasing tension between the U.S. and Russia and China has received less attention than it should. By sane and carefully thought-out responses, the U.S....
by Philip Jenkins | Mar 18, 2015 | Opinion
Judging by media coverage over the past few years, it would be easy to assume that the West is locked in a death struggle with radical Islam. Against that view, I want to make two arguments. Although the first is (or should be) strictly noncontroversial, the second...
by Philip Jenkins | Jul 18, 2014 | Opinion
In a recent Times Literary Supplement, David Motadel reviewed James Noyes’ 2013 book, “The Politics of Iconoclasm: Religion, Violence and the Culture of Image-Breaking in Christianity and Islam.” The review and the associated scholarship raise...
