Matthew Cantirino

To Bring Him Back with a Twitch Upon the Thread Leah Libresco, Unequally Yoked What Is Philip Pullman Doing to Fairy Tales? Craig Bernthal, The University Bookman A Very Tattler Thanksgiving Rachel Shukert, Tablet Ireland, Abortion, and a Tragic Case John Waters,  Il Sussidiario Conservatism . . . . Continue Reading »

Herod’s Architectural Ambitions Steve Moyer, Humanities About That Ashen Madonna Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times The Trouble with Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Eeta Prince-Gibson, Moment E-Reading Isn’t Reading Andrew Piper, Slate Universality, Noble Accessibility, and Pop Culture . . . . Continue Reading »

Legislating Confession Achieves Nothing Waleed Aly, Sydney Morning Herald Wisdom in the Inward Parts John Huth, Augustine Collective/Harvard Ichthus Bishops Reject Statement on Economic Crisis: A “Hot Mess” Anthony S. Layne,  Impractical Catholic Tom Wolfe’s California . . . . Continue Reading »

Explaining the Episcopal Battle in South Carolina (audio) Nick Eicher and Jeff Walton, World The Counterintuitive Calvin Tim Keller, The Gospel Coalition A Response to George Weigel’s Marriage Summons Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law The Immaculate Conception and the East Mark Shea, . . . . Continue Reading »

Time for a dose of the surreal—Slavoj Zizek says Donald Trump is channeling spiritual genius : Yurodivy  is the Russian Orthodox version of the holy fool who feigns insanity so he can deliver a message so dangerous for those in power that, if stated directly, it would cause a brutal . . . . Continue Reading »

Why are scenarios from Greek tragedy the source of so many motifs in modern thought, specifically in continental philosophy from the eighteenth century onward? Are modern writers simply mining the ancients for imagery, calling for a revival of interest, or doing something more subtle, like . . . . Continue Reading »

The Cult of Art’s Last Stand Matthew Milliner, Millinerd Tikkun Olam Is Trending Sigal Samuel, Daily Beast Hedonist, Disciple, or Bourgeois? Eve Tushnet, The American Conservative Did St. Thomas Aquinas Believe in Ghosts? Br. John Maria Devaney, O.P., Dominicana Bishops and Bloggers Meet in . . . . Continue Reading »

Is Open Theism a Type of Arminianism? Roger E. Olson, Patheos Newman, Monasticism, and the Teaching of History Greg Peters, History of Christianity Memory and the Damming State Adam K. Webb, Front Porch Republic Papal Encyclical on Faith Announced Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register Should . . . . Continue Reading »

Can Philosophy of Religion Be Apologetics? Helen de Cruz, Prosblogion Court Completely Drops Ministerial Test Melissa Steffan, Gleanings Tinker, Tailor, Soldier . . . Theologian Fr. Tim Finigan, Hermeneutic of Continuity The Perniciousness of Upper Middle Brow Music Jordan Bloom,  The American . . . . Continue Reading »

Life Fares Well on the Ballot in 2012 Michael J. New,  The Corner Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury John Bingham, Telegraph Oddballs of the Nineteenth Century Evan Kindley, The New Republic Modernity and the Privatization of Purpose Thomas Storck,  Ethika Politika Is Contemporary . . . . Continue Reading »