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From Science to God
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Spencer A. Klavan joins in to discuss his recent book, Light of the Mind, Light of the...

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...

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...

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...
2024: Our Year in Books
R. R. Reno I was in a Goodwill in Denver when my eyes fell upon a paperback Penguin edition of Charles Dickens’s Bleak House. I bought it, and while...
2024: Our Year in Film and Television
We asked some of our editors and writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable films and TV shows they watched this year. Mark Bauerlein Some of the...
Get Out of Your Slippers
For many people, the Covid pandemic lockdown meant “the triumph of fear and the paradoxical enjoyment of a fettered life.” That’s what Pascal Bruckner contends in The Triumph of...
From LSD to Christ
With psychedelics, I was sure—sure I’d found a Way, and even more that I’d only begun to unlock the richness of its secrets, had only placed my foot on...

The Truth Is in the Classics
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Paul Krause joins in to discuss his new book, Finding Arcadia: Wisdom, Truth, and Love in the...

Science Says God Is Real
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. José Carlos González-Hurtado, joins in to discuss his new book, New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of...

Back to the Church Fathers
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Joseph Carola, S.J., joins in to discuss his new book, Engaging the Church Fathers in Nineteenth-Century Catholic...

Parents Without Authority
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Leonard Sax joins in to discuss his new book, The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our...

The Case for Protestantism
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Gavin Ortlund joins in to discuss his new book, What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case...

Anxiety: A Philosophical Problem
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Samir Chopra joins in to discuss his new book, Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide. The conversation is...

Overcoming the Sixties
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Timothy S. Goeglein joins in to discuss his new book, Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s...