Matthew Cantirino

Sexual Iconoclasm Russell D. Moore, Touchstone In Defense of Sports Bhaskar Sunkara, In These Times Same-sex Marriage and the Speed of Social Change Matthew J. Franck,  Public Discourse More Secrets of Art History Revealed Matthew Milliner,  Millinerd The Difficulty of Portraying Small . . . . Continue Reading »

Writing in Foreign Affairs , Yale history professor Charles Walton charges that the new film version of Victor Hugo’s novel inaccurately neglects politics in favor of the religious message: Hooper’s cinematic rendering is stunningly staged and brilliantly performed, but it cuts the . . . . Continue Reading »

A Nation Addicted to Crisis Zachary Karabell, The Atlantic Shakers: The Elegant Errors of a Failed Sect C. R. Wiley, Imaginative Conservative Catholics and the Bourgeois Mind Thomas Storck, Distributist Review Piper Denounces Prosperity Gospel, Playful Worship in Last (Official) Sermon Lillian . . . . Continue Reading »

Reason  has a commendably subtle  feature essay  on the emerging relationship between Vladimir Putin and Russia’s Orthodox Church. The author, Cathy Young, refreshingly concedes that the present situation “is a far cry from theocracy” while still acknowledging the . . . . Continue Reading »

Rated P. G. Ed Park, Bookforum A Very Good Year? Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism Give Up the Historical Quest Against Jesus John Dickson, ABC Religion & Ethics The Culture of the Copy James Panero, The New Criterion How to Be a Pseudo-Intellectual Victoria Beale, The Book . . . . Continue Reading »

“I Must Watch Over You”: On Familial Responsibility Carrie Frederick Frost, The Clarion Review Brutal Presbyterian Disunity John Turner, The Anxious Bench Durkheim, Faith, and Sensibility Gordon Lynch, The Guardian Splitting the Difference on Illegal Immigration Peter Skerry, National . . . . Continue Reading »

Keep It in the Family: Homeschooling’s Growth The Economist What If Bork Had Been Confirmed? Michael W. McConnell, Slate How “Breadwinner Liberalism” Became “Values Conservatism” Geoffrey Kabaservice, The Book Has Fiction Lost Its Faith? Paul Elie, New York Times How . . . . Continue Reading »

Klaus Obenauer on the SSPX Situation Pater Edmund, Sancrucensis The “Blog Mob” and Journalism Joseph Rago, The New Criterion Continuing to Argue Against Abortion Roberta Bayer, Front Porch Republic Augustine, the Pelagians, and the Free Market [video] William T. Cavanaugh, Victoria . . . . Continue Reading »

More on Woodrow Wilson and Calvinism Matthew J. Tuininga, Patheos Newtown: A Very American Tragedy Alex Massie, Prospect Thomas Cromwell: Brewer’s Boy Made Good Derek Wilson, History Today Christians and Radicals in China Jillian Kay Melchior, The Corner Another HHS Loss in Court The Becket . . . . Continue Reading »

On Supererogation Alexander R. Pruss, Alexander Pruss’ Blog Irenaeus Did Not Teach Self-Fulfillment Patrick Henry Reardon, Touchstone The Kingdom & Anti-Intellectualism James K. A. Smith, Fors Clavigera What Will American Christianity Look Like in Fifty Years? Silouan Thompson, Silouan . . . . Continue Reading »