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Yearly Archives: 2026

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  • 4 Jun 2026
    Eleanor J. Giraud

    A Liturgy in the Making: Revising Medieval Dominican Chant

    Alleluia Pie pater dominice in the Dominican exemplar manuscript Rome, Santa Sabina, XIV L 1, f. 353v A new chant had been composed for St Dominic’s feast day. The scribe was stumped. He had been hired to copy the text of the first manuscript of the newly authorised Dominican liturgy; he knew that a new […]

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  • 3 Jun 2026
    Amy E. Black, Douglas L. Koopman

    Moving Away from Extreme Views of Religion and Politics: A Dynamic Civil Religion

    Extreme voices dominate the national public debate in America over the proper role of religion and politics. Christian nationalists call for Christianity to dominate politics and culture. At the other extreme, strict secularists seek to remove all religious influence in the public square. Unfortunate dynamics in American media coverage make it appear that these views […]

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  • 2 Jun 2026
    Erik Mortenson

    Who Was Allen Ginsberg and Why Does He Still Matter?

    When someone says the name “Allen Ginsberg”, any number of things immediately come to mind. Ginsberg was a celebrated US poet, and his work “Howl” is world famous. But he was also a noted activist. Not only did Ginsberg vehemently decry the war in Vietnam, but he was at the forefront of the battle against drug criminalization […]

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  • 26 May 2026
    John T. Harvey

    Fixing Our Economy

    Our economy doesn’t work for us and it hasn’t for a long time. Not only is it prone to periodic crises and breakdowns, but it is failing us in terms of addressing longer-term issues such as climate, elder care, and a living wage. This cannot be blamed solely on exogenous shocks or external social and […]

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  • 18 May 2026
    Cover of One Nation Under Law: The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence
    Carlton F. W. Larson

    The History of the Declaration of Independence

    This year marks the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. Few documents in world history have been as extensively studied and analyzed, and it is fair to ask if there is anything new to be said about the Declaration. There certainly is. Much of the scholarly and popular writing on the Declaration has […]

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  • 16 May 2026
    Cover of The Coup Trap featuring a yellow and orange spiral
    Fabrice Lehoucq

    The Coup Trap in Latin America

    Why do governments get overthrown?  Why are many political systems chronically unstable?  The Coup Trap in Latin America answers these questions by explaining why political systems fall prey to endless cycle of golpes and contra golpes.  It provides an innovative explanation of why officers and civilians (“the coup coalition”) overthrow presidents – and will be […]

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  • 15 May 2026
    P. Sai-wing Ho

    Two types of division of labour in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations: teasing out the implications

    The conduct of empirical exercises and comparative case studies and the invoking of theoretical analyses are common to almost all economic debates as participants seek to support/undercut different positions. Industrial policy (IP) debates are no exception, although far less examined is the history behind the theoretical analyses that are invoked. Why? Given the dominance of […]

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  • 15 May 2026
    Elena Barabantseva

    Hyperreal Love: Post-Soviet Brides and the Making of China’s Transnational Romance

    In Post-Soviet Brides in China Dream, I look at marriages between Chinese men and post-Soviet Slavic women and how they have come to be seen in China as an ideal type of transnational love and a pathway to the “China Dream.” I also look at what actually happens in people’s everyday lives behind that image. […]

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