The Civil War and the creation of an American civil religion

What's worth celebrating in Gods and Generals—and what's not

The religious world of Civil War soldiers

Two Views of Lincoln

A conversation with historian Jay Winik

A discovery that altered the course of the war

The book that started the Civil War.

Do we know this country too well?

Land of happy slaves and gracious masters.

Slavery and the biblical curse of Ham.

Emancipation reconsidered

It's not easy to say something new about the end of the world

Gogol and the making of Russian literature

A murderous saint's life

A new doubting Thomas finds few answers

Looking for fissures in establishment atheist philosophy

The restless journey of a Holocaust descendant

The need for a critical mass in the Fourth Estate

The moral messages and political overtones of war films

Marketing to teens and tweens

The Dissenters Club

Remembering Carol Thiessen