Catholicism and its Critics
There is nothing exclusively modern about the dream of a world transformed by Reformation, Enlightenment, or revolution.
Tim Stanley
The Future of God in 1943
Christian thinkers whose lives and thoughts connected in 1943, when it looked like the Allies were on top and minds turned to the future.
Sex, Violence and Hollywood
Alarm about moral degeneracy and ‘family values’ provoked Hollywood to instigate its own self-censorship codes in the 1920s. The industry's preoccupation with American morality proved to be the source of inspiration and even genius.
The Changing Face of the Republican Party
The contrast between Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump could hardly be more striking, but such is the continually evolving politics of the Grand Old Party.
Young Guns: Terrorism in Japan
Tim Stanley describes the Asama-Sansō Incident of 1972 and reveals the cyclical nature of political violence and the means of its defeat.
Give Me That Old Time Religion
Modern paganism is an invented tradition, says Tim Stanley. So why is the Church of England offering it a helping hand?
Too Close to Home
Tim Stanley draws parallels between a New York gang war of the 1900s and an act of horrific violence in south London.
Burying Our Complex Past
When major political figures die, history is put on hold and the simplicities of myth take over, argues Tim Stanley.
Teaching History: The Path to Salvation
The Whig interpretation of the past is a moral fable more akin to theology than history, argues Tim Stanley.
On Forgiving the Crimes of the Past
We downplay terrible acts from the distant past, in a way that we never would when considering more recent crimes, says Tim Stanley.