The American Religious Impulse

I just read the most amaz­ing arti­cle by a Yale prof explain­ing the reli­gious impulse in Amer­i­can his­to­ry.

If you have any inter­est at all in pol­i­tics, inter­na­tion­al rela­tions, anti-Amer­i­can­ism, or the role of reli­gion in pub­lic life you real­ly ought to give this arti­cle a read: Americanism–And Its Ene­mies by David Gel­ern­ter (that’s his fac­ul­ty bio page, there’s a much more inter­est­ing pro­file here). If you want to have your mind blown wide-open, read Ama­zon’s sum­ma­ry of his sur­vival of an attack from the Unabomber.

Also, we have new pho­tos in the gallery.