Mark is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. A lifelong United Methodist, he has been active in United Methodist renewal since 1988. He is the author of Taking Back The United Methodist Church, Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century, and The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War. He attends a United Methodist church in Alexandria, Va.
Mark Tooley | Considering the complications and unintended consequences of rounding up illegal immigrants
Mark Tooley | Persecution continues in Nicaragua under the leadership of Daniel Ortega and his wife
Mark Tooley | Some see the rise of the far-right AfD party as a threat to democracy
Mark Tooley | A Hindu nationalist party suffers a setback at the polls but remains a powerful force
Mark Tooley | A rapidly declining denomination jumps into the worldly abyss
Mark Tooley | The founder of Pennsylvania championed American ideals—a fact that some apparently cannot forgive
Mark Tooley | South Korea and Japan overcome their historic animosity to deter a common foe
Mark Tooley | The Orthodox Church’s ties to the Russian state undermine the gospel
Mark Tooley | Political activism at the expense of doctrine is a recipe for rapid decline
Mark Tooley | The UMC split carries big lessons for American Christianity
