Editors

New events include a gathering in Turkey with the Ecumenical Patriarch and the 2015 Wilberforce Award ceremony. Continue Reading »

Habit of a Lifetime: Why Are Increasing Numbers of Women in Britain Becoming Catholic Nuns?
India Sturgis, The Independent

Killing Tsarnaev Accomplishes Nothing
Daniel Payne, The Federalist

The Moral Case for Snuffing Tsarnaev
Neal Dewing, The Federalist

Preacher with a Paintbrush
David Neff, Christianity Today

Polygamy is More Popular Than Ever
Samantha Allen, The Daily Beast

A Requiem for the Boy Scouts
Albert Mohler, Jr., albertmohler.com

Ordinary Christian Work
Tim Challies, Tabletalk Magazine

Childless! By Choice!
Heather Wilhelm, Commentary

Meanwhile, in Switerland
Fr. Gerald E. Murray, The Catholic Thing

Death Denial
Marc Parry, The Chronicle Review

Decline and Schism in Religion
Ross Douthat, The New York Times

Why Evangelicals Are Having Trouble Finding a Unified Voice in Washington
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post

I have been reading the Confederacy of Dunces. The story of its publication—rejection by publishers, reluctant discovery by Waker Percy, rapid critical and commercial success—is a familiar one, of course, and one that contains an editorial lesson. Toole submitted his manuscript to Simon and Schuster, where it was read by editor Robert Gottlieb. Gottlieb recognized the book's immense merits but viewed it as a little too pointless. Continue Reading »

From a Donatello exhibition to a high school seminar, here are some upcoming events in New York and around the globe. Continue Reading »

Frenemies
Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker

The Holiness of Hobitry
Adam Schwartz, The University Bookman

Virtual Reality as Moral Ideal
Matthew B. Crawford, The New Atlantis

In and Out
Frank Redpath, The Times Literary Supplement

Ireland's 40-Percent Solution
Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Art and Money
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

Selfies Say ‘Lonely'
Katrina Trinko, National Review

What's So Funny About Jim Gaffigan's Christianity
Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post

Planets, Priests, and a Persistent Myth
Stephen Barr and Dermott Mullan, Wall Street Journal

Dante Turns Seven Hundred and Fifty
John Kleiner, The New Yorker

Protestant Reformer Martin Luther's 16th Century Notes Found
BBC News

Shining Glimpses of Mercy
Julia Mooney, Fare Forward

I Believe in Messy Vans
Leah Trouwborst, Art House America

Why Men Are Retweeted More Than Women
Jessica Bennett, The Atlantic

Carl's Rock Songbooks, No. 106, John Lennon, “Imagine No Religion”
Carl Eric Scott, National Review