Articles by Max L. Stackhouse

Century Blogs

God enters history; renewed covenants promise salvation

The gospel in seven words

Dec 20, 2011 by Max L. Stackhouse

Jesus Christ revitalizes, personalizes and universalizes God's covenants with the people of Israel.

Features

Global engagement

How my mind has changed

Apr 07, 2011 by Max L. Stackhouse

The Vietnam War forced Protestant ethicists to consider Catholic teachings about war, and I learned much from Catholic colleagues. My outlook was also changed by ecumenical contacts of another kind.

Books

Making Globalization Work

Joseph E. Stiglitz

For fairer trade

Aug 07, 2007 reviewed by Max L. Stackhouse
In 2002, Nobel Prize–winning economist Joseph Stiglitz published a controversial but influential book titled Globalization and Its Discontents. Stiglitz had just resigned his position as chief economist at the World Bank, in part because of controversy over his criticism of his own institution and others.
Books

The Kingdom Is Always but Coming: A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch

Christopher H. Evans

Kingdom coming

May 17, 2005 reviewed by Max L. Stackhouse
We have needed a good biography of Walter Rauschenbusch for some time, and Christopher Evans has provided us with the best one so far.
Features

Edwards for us

The holiness of beauty and the beauty of holiness
Oct 04, 2003 by Max L. Stackhouse
The Puritans were earnest folk. They had little patience with those who had no depth, no deep conviction, no profound concern with what God was doing in their lives. They wanted everyone to become a believer, of course—to assent to the reality of God and God’s providence, justice and compassion, and thus find a confidence for living in this precarious world.
Cover Story

What's changed?

Reflections on September 11

Sep 11, 2002 by William H. Willimon, Leo D. Lefebure, William C. Placher, Max L. Stackhouse, Douglas Ottati, Donald W. Shriver Jr., Ellen T. Charry, Ralph C. Wood and Robin Lovin

Missed opportunity