articles by J. Daryl Charles

36.3 — May/Jun 2023

The Quiet Prophet

on Benedict XVI: A Protestant Appreciation


34.6 — Nov/Dec 2021

John Paul the Scribe

An Appreciation of Centesimus Annus on Its 30th Anniversary


34.3 — May/June 2021

Race, Religion & Reconciliation

Reflections on the Present American Moment


33.5 — September/October 2020

John Paul II at 100

A Protestant Appreciation of His Teaching


32.4 — July/August 2019

Then They Will Come for Us

Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, The Pastor Who Defied the Nazis by Matthew D. Hockenos


31.3 — May/June 2018

The Kuyperian Option

Cultural Engagement & Natural Law Ecumenism


29.6 — Nov/Dec 2016

Sharpened Image

Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John F. Kilner


29.5 — Sept/Oct 2016

Lethal Rejection

Is Capital Punishment Barbaric, Uncivilized & Always Wrong?


29.3 — May/June 2016

It's Not Your Hijab

It's the Theology: In Praise of Wheaton College's Stand


28.6 — Nov/Dec 2015

Rethinking Lockean Liberty

God, Locke, and Liberty: The Struggle for Religious Freedom in the West by Joseph Loconte


28.2 — March/April 2015

Goodness & State

The Good of Politics: A Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Introduction
by James W. Skillen


26.6 — Nov/Dec 2013

The Christian Reason

Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition
edited by Andrew Davison


26.1 — Jan/Feb 2013

Matter & Humanity

The Mind and the Machine: What It Means to Be Human and Why It Matters
by Matthew Dickerson


25.6 — Nov/Dec 2012

Humanity's Nature

Nature's End: The Theological Meaning of the New Genetics by Richard Sherlock


25.1 — Jan/Feb 2012

For the Common Good

Good and Bad Ways to Think About Religion and Politics by by Robert Benne


24.4 — July/August 2011

Christ & Culture, II

To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
by James Davison Hunter


24.1 — January/February 2011

Bad Ideas & Their Consequences

Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell


22.7 — September/October 2009

Regensburg Left Behind

Christians Responding to Muslim Invitations Haven’t Been Listening to Benedict XVI


22.3 — April 2009

Wasted by Watching

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business


18.7 — September 2005

The True Scales of Justice

The First Grace
by Russell Hittinger


16.9 — November 2003

Between Pacifism & Jihad

The Just-War Tradition Today


15.7 — September 2002

Capital Crime & Punishment

Reflections on Violating Human Sanctity


15.4 — May 2002

Not Praying Jabez

on a Little Book with a Big Problem


14.10 — December 2001

The Sword of Justice

on Revenge & Retribution



more from the online archives

30.2—March/April 2017

Rescuing Cervantes

on Reading Don Quixote in Its Original Christian Context by Luis Cortest

23.6—November/December 2010

Darwin, Design & Thomas Aquinas

The Mythical Conflict Between Thomism & Intelligent Design by Logan Paul Gage

36.1—Jan/Feb 2023

Contraceptive Cons

A History of the Protestant Debate over Contraception by James A. Altena

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