Matthew Cantirino

Victorian Parables: Extravagant Reversals Richard Gibson, Books & Culture Animating Academic Discussions with Faith, Hope, Love Peter David Gross,  The Scriptorium In Rare Move, University Stripped of ‘Catholic’ Title David Kerr, Catholic News Agency Spectacle, Violence, and . . . . Continue Reading »

The Failures of College Trustees K. C. Johnson,  Minding the Campus The Marriage Decline’s Political Consequences Garance Franke-Ruta,  The Atlantic Opposing Government Not the Same as Opposing Community Katrina Trinko,  The Corner John Chanche and Mississippi Catholicism Pat . . . . Continue Reading »

Embattled Ecumenism: A Review Randall Balmer,  Christian Century Love, Yiddish, and the Problem of Bioethics Darren J. Beattie,  The New Atlantis Czechs Close to Compensating Churches K.S.,  Eastern Approaches The Road from Atheism Ed Feser,  Ed Feser Leading Protestant College . . . . Continue Reading »

A Meditation on the Virtue of Acceptance Msgr. Charles Pope,  Archdiocese of Washington Blog Truth, Subjectivity, & Jungle Gods Rod Dreher,  The American Conservative Jews and Muslims: Unite in Germany Arsalan Iftikhar,  CNN Re: Retention Rates of Childhood Faiths Timothy . . . . Continue Reading »

R. Jay Magill is tired of the cultural cachet accorded to “sincerity,” warning too much of it can be like “an iron girder in a house of cards,” as he paraphrases W. Somerset Maugham. While the occasional burst of heartfelt self-expression can be refreshing and interesting, . . . . Continue Reading »

In this month’s American Interest , Damar Marusic gives an overview of what he sees as the rise, apogee, and eventual decline of human rights rhetoric in international affairs. The moral overtones of rights language, once deliberately grounded in the natural law tradition and Anglo-Saxon . . . . Continue Reading »

Religion in Human Evolution, Part I Andrew Brown,  The Guardian When Everything’s for Sale Ferdinand Mount,  Times Literary Supplement (UK) Two Classes, Divided by “I Do” Jason DeParle,  New York Times What Is Liberal Christianity? Ross Douthat,  Evaluations . . . . Continue Reading »

Christians in the West can no longer take their once-comfortable cultural hegemony for granted and ought to prepare for sacrifice—maybe even persecution—Fr. George W. Rutler writes in  Crisis . Surveying the scene twelve years into the new millennium, he says St. Paul’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Businessweek’ s Mormon Moment Fail Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Get Religion “Render to God” a Total Claim Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism Mère Knows Best Sarah Blustain, Democracy A Reply to R. C. Sproul Bryan Cross,  Called to Communion Great Floridian Literature? Jeff Johnson . . . . Continue Reading »

German Rabbis Mobilize Against Court Ruling David Rising,  Associated Press The Big Higgs Question Steven Weinberg,  New York Review of Books The Mystery of China’s Missing Bishop John Sudworth,  BBC After the Fortnight, What Next? Thomas Peters,  Catholic Vote The . . . . Continue Reading »