Matthew Cantirino

Is “Whom” History? The Economist Mark Noll & George Marsden on America’s Religious Heritage Justin Taylor, Between Two Worlds Gospel and Culture After Vatican II Tracey Rowland, ABC Religion & Ethics Suing over Circumcision—in New York Seth Berkman, Jewish Daily . . . . Continue Reading »

Almost precisely fifty years ago today, this was the scene in the streets of Rome, with Pope John XXIII delivering a “moonlight address” to the city upon the opening of the Second Vatican Council: Translation for non-Italian speakers here . Last night, evidently, the procession was . . . . Continue Reading »

Fifty Years Ago, “It Was a Splendid Day . . . ” Pope Benedict XVI, L’Osservatore Romano The Sugar Wars: What Constitutes Public Health? Trevor Butterworth, The Awl Slavery, Historical Heroes, and “Precious Puritans” Thomas Kidd, The Anxious Bench American . . . . Continue Reading »

Phillip Blond, head of right-communitarian British think tank ResPublica, has parted from onetime ally David Cameron. In a strong editorial in the  Guardian , he lays out his reasons: The government is now focused on a purely negative agenda of deficit reduction, and unable to offer a positive . . . . Continue Reading »

The Religious Case Against Religious Liberty Litigation Vincent Phillip Munoz, Public Discourse Sacrificing a Theistic Argument to the Problem of Evil Alexander Pruss, Prosblogion Down with Optimism, Up with Hope Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture More on the Pew Study Mark Tooley, Institute on Religion . . . . Continue Reading »

U. S. No Longer Has Protestant Majority Wall Street Journal On John Henry Newman’s Feast Day Dawn Eden, Patheos The Purpose of Work Gene Edward Veith, The Gospel Coalition How Streets in America Get Their Names Jacqueline Shannon, Business Insider Annual Mass of the Catholic Artists Society . . . . Continue Reading »

What Theodor Adorno Wrought Liel Liebovitz, Tablet Is Obama More Puritanical Than Romney? Peter Lawler, Big Think Fear and Trembling over the Red Mass Matthew J. Franck, Bench Memos How Capitalism Can Save Art Camille Paglia, Wall Street Journal A Myth That Needs Killin’ Mark Shea, Patheos . . . . Continue Reading »

Jacques Maritain and the Failure of American Pluralism Thaddeus Kozinski,  Ethika Politica Life After TED April Dembosky, Financial Times History as Narcissism James Bowman, Arma Virumque On St. Francis of Assisi Fr. George W. Rutler, Church of Our Saviour The Lasting Legacy of Cardinal Jean . . . . Continue Reading »

Redeeming Jealousy Charles Shonk, Dominicana Explaining the Controversy over the Orthodox ‘Civil Commission’ Pierre Atallah, Notes on Arab Orthodoxy Cell Phones as Meeting Points in a Featureless Landscape Alan Jacobs,  The Atlantic The Church Has a Right to Its ‘Brand’ . . . . Continue Reading »

Is the Islamic injunction against visual depiction of the sacred as thoroughgoing a taboo as many non-Muslims assume? Jamal J. Elias, plugging his new book Aisha’s Cushion at the Harvard University Press blog, says no : . . . there is a common understanding that the only broadly acceptable . . . . Continue Reading »