Matthew Cantirino

Life After Blue Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest The Myth of the Christian Nut Job Christine Jeske, Her.menutics Targets on Their Backs David Conway, Library of Law and Liberty Losing Our Religion: A Series on the “Nones” NPR Sarah Kliff’s Pro-Life History Michael J. . . . . Continue Reading »

In Praise of Cigarettes Sam Rocha Testaments to Secular Exhaustion Scott Stephens, ABC Religion & Ethics The End of the Boomer Dream Michael Winerip, New York Times “Too Much” C. S. Lewis? Joel J. Miller, Patheos Misquoting Thérèse of Lisieux Kathleen Burke, Altcatholicah . . . . Continue Reading »

Against Happiness Emily Esfahani Smith, The Atlantic Is Christianity Philosophical? David Lyle Jeffrey, Comment In What Part of Sin Is Sinfulness Located? Adam Kirsch, Tablet Can Realism Be a Comprehensive Theory of Foreign Policy? Peter Lawler, Library of Law and Liberty Whispers of Faith in a . . . . Continue Reading »

Theologians who may have missed their latest copy of the Economist should (not) rush to check out this muddle of the Christian doctrine of hell, which runs together works of fiction, speculation, and actual dogma, folklore with official teaching, and different denominations of Christianity and . . . . Continue Reading »

The Gold Is a Lie! More on Elizabeth Wurtzel Eve Tushnet, Patheos On Friendship Edward Hoagland, The American Scholar How “National” is the National Cathedral? Terry Mattingly, GetReligion The Value of Cultural Relativism Rod Dreher,  The American Conservative Is Being . . . . Continue Reading »

Stanley Fish appears skeptical of some of law professor Brian Leiter’s presuppositions in his new book, Why Tolerate Religion? , which argues that: [T]here is no apparent moral reason why states should carve out special protections that encourage individuals to structure their lives around . . . . Continue Reading »

A Busy Day in Canon 915 Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law Scientists Must Stop Politicization of Profession Daniel Sarewitz, Nature Baptists Open to Epiphany Jeff Brumley, Associated Baptist Press The Radical Visions of St. Francis Joan Acocella, The New Yorker Little Change in Pro-Life Sentiment . . . . Continue Reading »

The Millenial Generation’s Acceptable Sin Barton Gingerich, The Gospel Coalition A New B-School Curriculum: Faith and Finance [video] Melissa Korn, Wall Street Journal The Best Books I Read Last Year Various, Catholic World Report Aquinas Versus Newton? Ed Feser, Ed Feser The Self in . . . . Continue Reading »

On God and Downton Abbey Todd Dorman,  Christianity Today Constitutionalism, Orestes Brownson, and Hegel Richard Reinsch,  Library of Law & Liberty Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice? Paul Tullis,  New York Times Tracking the Times on Contraception Michael J. . . . . Continue Reading »

As noted below, Greg Forster has an essay up at Public Discourse defending George Bailey’s now-infamous sub-development. In doing so, he professes his enthusiasm for the destruction businesspeople are able to inflict on old, “corrupted” social structures. I have a few questions . . . . Continue Reading »