Matthew Cantirino

Ending the Radicalization Spiral H. A. Hellyer, Foreign Policy Why E. Y. Mullins is Essential to Understanding Baptists Trevin Wax, Kingdom People I Don’t Need Anything I Think I Do Drew Tatusko,  Emerging into Orthodoxy Spinoza in Shtreimels Carlos Fraenkel, Jewish Review of Books In . . . . Continue Reading »

9/11 and the End of Tolerance Tomas Halik, Religion & Ethics New Theologian, May I Have a Word? Matt Smethurst,  The Gospel Coalition Talking Religious Freedom with the Son of a Christero Kathryn Jean Lopez, Patheos Asian Tigers and Megachurches Philip Jenkins, RealClearReligion Deacons in . . . . Continue Reading »

Secularism, Persecution, and Two Anglican Archbishops William Oddie,  Catholic Herald (UK) Cursing Psalms: An Allegorical Reinterpretation John R. P. Russell,  Blog of the Dormition A Different Notion of Fraternity Akeel Bilgrami,  The Immanent Frame Restless for Good Art Br. Gabriel . . . . Continue Reading »

At the blog “Grateful to the Dead,” a “church historian’s playground,” a Protestant professor (Chris Armstrong, specialist in church history at Bethel University)  posts an exchange with a young, earnest Evangelical student over the Catholic sacrament of . . . . Continue Reading »

Land O’Lakes at 45 Michael McLean, Legatus “This Journey Is Often Impeded by Emotion . . . ” Flannery O’Connor, The American Reader Are Scientists Succumbing to ‘Mission Creep?’ Julian Baggini & Lawrence Krauss, The Guardian The Clown in the Pulpit Jeremy . . . . Continue Reading »

The Grip of Ritual Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register Why Anglicanism Will Not Have a (Formal) Schism David W. Virtue, Virtue Online A Deeper Challenge Than the Party Platform Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor Teaching “Universal Morality” in French Public Schools Robert . . . . Continue Reading »

From his matchless  column  at  The American Interest,  Peter Berger regularly tackles weighty subjects that mesh religion and public life. In for cross-examination this week: beards.  How does that relate to religion and public life , you ask? Consider: The beard as a . . . . Continue Reading »

Enough with the New York-centric event commendations: Here’s something in Alabama. Readers within commuting distance of Beeson Divinity School (particularly those working in active ministry) may be interested in  this upcoming conference , co-sponsored by the National Pro-Life Religious . . . . Continue Reading »

Lutherans Reject NIV Bible Audrey Barrick, Christian Post Methodists Should Have a Catechism Teddy Ray, United Methodist Reporter What Is a Church “For Our Times?” James V. Schall S.J., Catholic World Report Summarizing Today’s Arguments in the ECtHR Mark L. Movsesian, Center for . . . . Continue Reading »

Remember ” Julia ,” the fictional woman who relied on government to give shape and meaning to the most important milestones in her life (apart, perhaps, from the child she “decided to have”)? That impulse resurfaced in a video from last night’s opening . . . . Continue Reading »