Matthew Cantirino

The “O” Word Tomás Martín Rosado, O.P., Dominicana Rejecting the Spark-and-Fire Metaphor Jens-Martin Eriksen and Frederick Stjernfelt,  City Journal Amish Sect Leader Guilty of Hate Crimes Erik Eckholm, New York Times A Lily for All Nations Angela Cave, Columbia Why Not a . . . . Continue Reading »

I  leave it to Leroy Huizenga to give a more in-depth, scholarly reaction to Harvard professor Karen King’s newly discovered “fragment.” His analysis focuses on the newly-discovered document in the context of its time period, specifically its relationship to other Gnostic . . . . Continue Reading »

Joel Osteen: America’s Cheerful Waffler Kristin Rudolph,  Juicy Ecumenism The Consequences of Finn’s Conviction Michelle Martin,   Our Sunday Visitor Roger Scruton and the Right Caroline Crampton,  New Statesman Locke, Hume, and Acquiring Property Samuel Goldman,  . . . . Continue Reading »

Motherhood: If We Don’t Have It All, What Do We Have? Ines Garcia, Altcatholicah Do Social Programs Intrude on ‘Moral Space’? Benjamin Wiker, National Catholic Register Neopaganism and Inevitable Religion Timothy Dalrymple, Philosophical Fragments The Catholic Vote: Too Close to . . . . Continue Reading »

Low-Income Voters & Party Affiliation Ramesh Ponnuru, The Corner A Philosopher Defends Religion Thomas Nagel, New York Review of Books Who May Partake? James M. Kushiner, Mere Comments Why Secular Culture is Afraid of Life Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register Islamists Destroy Tomb of . . . . Continue Reading »

A Very Merry 5773 Philologos, Jewish Daily Forward On Human Nature Anthony Chiorazzi, Relevant Solomon and the Finding of the True Cross Sandro Magister, Chiesa Political Metaphors in Hebrew Scripture Yoram Hazony, Public Discourse The Middle East Mess, Part I Walter Russell Mead, The American . . . . Continue Reading »

This weekend’s  New York Times Book Review features a critical  treatment of Hannah Rosin’s The End of Men . Though there’s presumably no coordination between the book review and the op-ed pages, it still makes for a nice counter to David Brooks’ unfortunate  . . . . Continue Reading »

Sustainable Sex Marc Barnes, The Hipster Conservative Humor, Joy, and the Spiritual Life Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Gospel in the Digital Age Phillis Wheatley: A Genius in Bondage Jonathan M. Yeager, Books & Culture Buzz Aldrin’s Lunar Communion Matthew Cresswell, The Guardian Alternative . . . . Continue Reading »

Pierre Manent, an eminent French political theorist, has a lengthy essay in City Journal in which he meditates on the political forms which both created and are eroded by modernity: Today in Europe, civic activity is feeble, the religious Word almost inaudible. Yet as we noted at the outset, . . . . Continue Reading »

Paint-by-Number Hymns Anthony Esolen, Crisis Third Century Roman Martyrs . . . Interred in Kentucky Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement Tony Campolo’s Power Delusion Nathaniel Torrey, Juicy Ecumenism Robots at War Don Throop, Chronicle of Higher Education A More Religious World in the 21st . . . . Continue Reading »