Darryl Hart

Darryl Hart
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D. G. Hart is a visiting professor of history at Hillsdale College. After completing his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, he taught at Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary before directing academic programs at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He is the author of several books, including A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State (Ivan R. Dee); The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies and American Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press); and From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelical Protestants and American Conservatism (Eerdmans).

Recent Essays

Egalitarian Elites and the Academic Dilemma

It doesn't take an acquaintance with Tocqueville to spot the flaws in many American claims about equality. Just go to school. You soon learn...

A Day Late, and a Mint Julep Short

I had previously thought that Ground Hog Day was strictly a holiday for the residents of the virtuous commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Turns out that...

If Not Exceptional, How about Unusual

I am loathe to dissent from Mark Mitchell's thoughtful piece on American exceptionalism, true FroPo that I am. And I could simply add...

When What We Say in Private Goes Public

All religious groups have their internecine squabbles and the places where such fights take place. They used to be confined to magazines and...

You Say Dominion, I Say Kingdom . . .

Let’s call the whole world Christ’s. Ryan Lizza’s piece on Michele Bachmann prompted an avalanche of posts from bloggers and columnists who took issue with...

Fair and Balanced?

Say what you will about Ron Paul, Fox News' failure to say anything about the candidate is curious and gives Jon Stewart a big...

If You Don’t Have A Life . . .

you happen to live in western Michigan, and don’t have any plans for this Saturday, you may be interested in coming to Grand Rapids...

Comcast’s Revenge

Am I, someone hostile to large-scale corporate enterprises, really permitted to complain about a localist glitch in Comcast’s global footprint?

Why Not King of France, Kentucky?

Not even suburban planners have come up with names like Archduke Ferdinand Estates or King of England Place.

Without Form and Void

If evangelicals are going to have trouble drawing the line in worship against Christian rock, will they really be reliable when it comes to evaluating the best texts and artistic forms for educating young people?

Why I Shouldn’t Have To Pay Federal Tax On My IPA

If you want a reason to reach for a beer, read this piece, preferably at a bar featuring IPA’s during Happy Hour.

Pedestrian Diarist: Life without Car(s)

I know what Jesus would do: hate the car, love the car driver.