Matthew Cantirino

Matt Milliner builds on his earlier thesis about a contemporary movement in academia (universities, he claims, are now entering a “postsecular” phase in which religious arguments and perspectives are once again appreciated and modern rationalism looks more and more like an . . . . Continue Reading »

Sikhs Stand Apart, Intentionally David Mason, Washington Post Love and Gratitude for the Sisters Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Gospel in the Digital Age Orwell: Tory Anarchist? John P. Rossi, Weekly Standard Now Muslims Can Be Hyphenated Americans, Too! Mollie Hemingway, GetReligion Attending a Dominican . . . . Continue Reading »

When Calvin and Qutb Went Smashing Philip Jenkins, RealClearReligion Conservatives and the State Francis Fukuyama, The American Interest In Defense of Apologetics Tim Keller, The Gospel Coalition The Death-Haunted Art of Friendship Eve Tushnet,  Catholic Lane Porky Populism Rod Dreher, The . . . . Continue Reading »

We’d like to introduce readers to our second Junior Fellow for the 2012-2013 year, Katherine Infantine, who officially joined the First Things  editorial staff at the beginning of August. A brief bio: Katie Infantine graduated in 2010 with honors from Gonzaga University where she served . . . . Continue Reading »

The Prayers of a Poet Micah Mattix, Wall Street Journal On the Church’s “Year of Grace” Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo, Homiletic & Pastoral Review Episcopal-to-Catholic Converts Bob Faw, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly A Pagan Prophesy Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic Things Fall Apart . . . . Continue Reading »

Reading the Final Page of the Talmud, with 90,000 Others Mark Mueller and Jason Grant,  Newark Star-Ledger Thoughts on the RFRA Claim in Mandate Litigation Mark DeGirolami,  Mirror of Justice Pope Finishes ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ Trilogy Edward Pentin,  . . . . Continue Reading »

Stanley Kurtz has uncovered the government’s  latest sinister plan : they’re coming to abolish the suburbs! Yes, an entire geographical mode of living is under threat from a small bloc of those most unctuous men: urban planners. Anyway, the “missing link that explains . . . . Continue Reading »

In Defense of Towns Anthony Esolen,  Public Discourse To Accommodate Caesar or to Follow Consciences? Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, USCCBlog When We Suffer, When to Disobey Collin Hansen,  The Gospel Coalition Romney’s Warsaw Speech William Kristol,  Weekly Standard On Dating and . . . . Continue Reading »

Terrell Clemmons writes in the latest issue of Salvo magazine about the impact abortions have on men involved in the situation, a relatively undiscussed (perhaps even socially taboo?) subtopic that is also somewhat neglected by the scientific literature. Opening with the Ernest Hemingway story . . . . Continue Reading »

More on the State Department’s Religious Freedom Report Thomas F. Farr,  The Corner Reviewing Peter Leithart’s Political Theology (Pt. I) Matthew Lee Anderson,  Mere Orthodoxy Faith, Hope, and Lost Causes Rod Dreher,  The American Conservative Building Around the Fruit . . . . Continue Reading »