Anita Bryant Takes a Final Pie to the Face
The family of Anita Bryant (1940–2024) only recently announced that the singer and Christian activist died on December 16. The belated family obituary that broke the news notably made…
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Farewell to Liberal-Imperial Diplomacy
AI and the Unhappy Society
Recently I had an experience that I suppose is becoming increasingly common. The large, publicly traded energy…
No Method but Christ
When I try to explain to people why we need to recover patristic interpretation, the biggest obstacle…
Wickedness
Though they probably don’t realize it, many Americans spent the tail end of 2024 engaged in a…
A New Fusionism
Elon Musk cannonballed into electoral politics in 2024. Other tech bros joined him to support Donald Trump.…
Conversations
The Bible Throughout the Ages
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Bruce Gordon joins in to discuss his recent book, The Bible: A Global History. The conversation is…
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Redemption Before Christ
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Gerald R. McDermott joins in to discuss his recent book, A New History of Redemption: The Work…
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Theater of the Divine
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Peter Kreeft joins in to discuss his recent book, God on Stage: 15 Plays That Ask…
Medal of Freedom Recommendations for Trump
Unseen Skies
If you have been following this column for a while, you know I love the very idea…
Anita Bryant Takes a Final Pie to the Face
The family of Anita Bryant (1940–2024) only recently announced that the singer and Christian activist died on…
Neil Gaiman and the Failure of Modern Sexual Ethics
A recent Vulture article reporting on the sexual proclivities and alleged abusive activities of fantasy author Neil…
Roger Scruton’s The Disappeared, Revisited
“It was inconceivable that in a town dedicated to prosperity, comfort and English order, a girl might…
The Lessons of Fr. Paul Mankowski
Paul Mankowski, S.J., who died unexpectedly four years ago this past fall, was the kind of priest…
Orthodoxy at War
St. Sophia Cathedral is quiet and almost empty when I step inside on a wintry morning. Saints…
Forgiveness: A Statement by Jews and Christians
In January 2023, a group of Jewish and Christian scholars met to form a circle of study…
Paleofuturism
Dawn’s Early Light:Taking Back Washington to Save Americaby kevin d. robertsbroadside, 304 pages, $32 When Kevin Roberts…
Declaring Independence
American Heretics:Religious Adversaries of Liberal Orderby jerome e. copulskyyale, 384 pages, $40 In the summer of 1775,…
The Church of Empathy
Circle of Hope:A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Churchby eliza griswoldfarrar, straus and…
Exemplary
A vagabond, seduced by impish godsTo jaywalk the downtown interstate, is dead.Addled with booze, he managed against…
Epistle to a Former Friend
When I say a prayerfor the wicked I despairand think, of course, of youand how your late-night…
Saint Gobnait of the Honeybees
She’d have naught of silvery turnings like fish,The Celtic knot of wedded, bedded love.She stole away to…
Opiate of the Theologians
Not until the nineteenth century did any Christian body make universal salvation its official teaching. The first…
Orthodox Origen
Origen: On First Principlesedited and translated by john behroxford, 800 pages, $200 In its eleventh canon, the…
The Devil and Hilary Mantel
By now, everyone who reads contemporary fiction will have heard of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the…
A Theology of Fiction
A spirited debate has been going on for nearly a decade now, much of it in these pages,…
Death in Naples
The taxi driver shouted, “Tell us! Tell us!” when his other passenger, a local journalist, announced that…
No Happy Harmony
At least once a semester, a young female student will come to my office with questions about…
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