Alexis de Tocqueville's penetrating review of America

Alexis de Tocqueville’s penetrating review of America

FROM VOL. 91
Hugh Brogan and Daniel Ritchie discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's insights into American society, government, and character. (26 minutes)
Human dignity, cosmic hierarchies

Human dignity, cosmic hierarchies

Political scientist Robert Kraynak on how Christianity opposes worldly hierarchies with hierarchies of its own
Challenging the "gospel of democracy"

Challenging the “gospel of democracy”

Robert Kraynak argues that assumptions many modern Christians hold about liberal democracy are rooted in some false ideas about the nature and purpose of civil government. (46 minutes)
Power to the people

Power to the people

Nathan O. Hatch on the DIY spirit of early American Christianity
Republican freedom — and ideological flexibility

Republican freedom — and ideological flexibility

Mark Noll on the novelty of America’s Christian republicanism
The tasks, conditions, and limits of democratic politics

The tasks, conditions, and limits of democratic politics

Excerpts from three interviews with Jean Bethke Elshtain about her concern that democracy might not be able to survive widespread distrust or the dynamics of identity politics. (37 minutes)
Conventional “charismatic” speech, in service of the Zeitgeist

Conventional “charismatic” speech, in service of the Zeitgeist

Richard Stivers on how the rhetoric of democracy invites tyranny
Post-liberalism of an earlier generation

Post-liberalism of an earlier generation

Allan C. Carlson discusses an anthology of articles from Free America, a magazine published between 1937 and 1947 whose writers believed that political democracy could only survive if coupled with decentralized economic democracy. (26 minutes)
Skepticism and totalitarian drift

Skepticism and totalitarian drift

John Paul II on how a loss of confidence in the reality of truth accentuates the will to power
“Freedom” as tyranny

“Freedom” as tyranny

Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon on democracy, desire, and freedom
Civil religion and other forms of cultural captivity

Civil religion and other forms of cultural captivity

Oliver O’Donovan on the danger of accommodating the demands of the Gospel to the expectations of society
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 99

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 99

FEATURED GUESTS: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, Paul A. Rahe, James L. Nolan, Jr., Andrew J. Cherlin, Dale Keuhne, and Alison Milbank
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 97

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 97

FEATURED GUESTS: Mark Noll, Stanley Fish, James Peters, Scott Moore, and Makoto Fujimura
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 96

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 96

FEATURED GUESTS: David A. Smith, Kiku Adatto, Elvin T. Lim, David Naugle, Richard Stivers, and John Betz
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 91

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 91

FEATURED GUESTS: John Witte, Jr., Hugh Brogan, Daniel Ritchie, Daniel Walker Howe, George McKenna, and Patrick Deneen
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 79

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 79

FEATURED GUESTS: Carson Holloway, Peter Augustine Lawler, Hadley Arkes, Ben Witherington, III, Christopher Shannon, and Roger Lundin
Russell Hittinger on Church, State, and Catholic Social Teaching

Russell Hittinger on Church, State, and Catholic Social Teaching

Dr. Russell Hittinger discusses the development in 19th-century Catholic social thought of the idea of society as a spiritual and cultural reality. (60 minutes)