J. David Nolan

The Philosophy Of Roger Scruton
Mervyn F. Bendle, Quadrant

Old Spirits
Tony Rehagen, Atlanta Magazine

Three Genealogies of Secularization
Alan Piper, O.P., Dominicana

Bonhoeffer and Technopoly
Alan Jacobs, Text Patterns

A dress that defends your personal space
Bonnie Burton, CNET

ISI is currently taking nominations for its Henry and Anne Paolucci Book Award. This award honors the best book of conservative scholarship published in 2013. You can read more about the award at paolucci.isi.org. 

The deadline is today: Friday, May 16. The more suggestions, the merrier!

Email suggestions Jed Donahue at jdonahue@isi.org, and be sure to include the names of the books.

Study Dietrich von Hildebrand at Steubenville, read St. Thomas Aquinas at Mount Saint Mary’s, and watch a film in New York.  Continue Reading »

Have science and religion historically been at war with each other? This idea is pervasive, deeply ingrained, and often goes unquestioned. But no serious historian of science accepts it today. It was largely the creation of two 19th century authors, who confected it for personal and political reasons. And yet, the myth remains powerful and is endlessly repeated. 

Join Lawrence Principe, professor of the history of science and technology at Johns Hopkins University, for a talk exploring the foundations of this myth and how it rose to the realm of “common knowledge.” Sponsored by the the Society of Catholic Scholars of Delaware, the public lecture will begin at 7:30 tomorrow at the University of Delaware. Visit UD’s event page for more details.

St. Francis of Assisi and the Western Tradition Friday–Saturday, April 25–26 New York, New York Another great April event from the Thomistic Institute: A series of lectures with Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Francesca Murphy, Roger Scruton, R. R. Reno, Carol Zaleski, and Philip Zaleski. . . . . Continue Reading »

This coming Monday, March 31st, the Tikvah fund will host an event titled “Jews, Christians, and the State of Israel” with speakers Shlomo Riskin, Dan Senor, R. R. Reno, and Robert Nicholson.  Continue Reading »

Attention all First Things readers in greater Pittsburgh: Loyal reader Bill Stickman would like to organize a ROFTERs (Readers of First Things) group to meet each month to discuss articles in the current issue. If you’re interested, please contact Bill by . . . . Continue Reading »

“Christians, Jews, and the State of Israel” and many more events in New York, Washington DC, and elsewhere. Continue Reading »

“Being an Orthodox Christian in the Public Square,” “St. Francis of Assisi and the Western Tradition,” and other upcoming lectures of interest. Continue Reading »

“Virtue and the Artistic Imagination” and more upcoming events in New York, New Haven, Yonkers, and South Bend. Continue Reading »