Jon D. Schaff

Jon D. Schaff is professor of political science at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota where he teaches courses on American politics and political thought. He is author of Abraham Lincoln’s Statesmanship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy (SIU Press) and co-author of Age of Anxiety: Meaning, Identity, and Politics in 21st Century Film and Literature (Lexington Books). He lives in Aberdeen with his wife and four children.

Articles by Jon D. Schaff

Seeking the Sacred: Douthat’s Case for Religious Tradition in an Age of Uncertainty

We are pilgrims in this world. We must be content to wonder as we wander. Douthat is asking his readers to cast their nets into the deep.

Why Can’t We Be Friends?

"Is Christianity only politically efficacious in helping us determine who are our friends and who are our enemies?"
February 10, 2025