Matthew Cantirino

Spate of Relic Thefts Continues in Ireland Richard Osley,  The Independent Talmud Given First Index in 1,500 Years Marco Tosatti,  Vatican Insider The Crusade Against Hungary  Marion Smith,  National Review In Israeli Military, a Growing Orthodoxy Dan Williams , Reuters . . . . Continue Reading »

Is the ultimate fruit of the Reformation consumerism, secularism, and relativism? That old throne-and-altar lament is presented anew in Brad Gregory’s recently-published The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society , which is reviewed critically by Dale van Kley . . . . Continue Reading »

Facing the prospect of graduation from college a year ago with the usual uncertainties, I quickly realized that a common thread in my worries was a concern for the future of my intellectual life. What had made college so remarkable an experience was, ultimately, the groups and individuals with whom . . . . Continue Reading »

Same-Sex Marriage Backers Find Success Talking Family, Not Rights Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times Listening to Chinese Christians: A Fresh Report Tim Stafford, Books & Culture Video Games Overemphasize Religious Violence Jeff Hughes, Digital Trends James Q. Wilson’s Moral Sense Peter . . . . Continue Reading »

James Q. Wilson, perhaps “the best political scientist of the past half-century,” has passed away. Though most coverage will inevitably mention his “broken windows” theory of crime reduction (a seminal argument in public policy which has largely triumphed in the three . . . . Continue Reading »

Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker, two sociologists from the University of Texas at Austin, have explored the question of whether a college education turns students away from religion and come to some unexpected conclusions. Though their paper, How Corrosive is College to Religious Faith and . . . . Continue Reading »

Vatican Secret Archives Go on Display Dario Thuburn,  AFP Mandate Repeal Defeated in Senate Robert Pear,  New York Times The Emancipation of Jewish Literature Rachel Gordan,  Tablet Santorum Threatens “Fusionism” W. James Antle III,  American Spectator Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »

Mark Stricherz at CatholicVote attempts to translate  the past few decades of changes in the Catholic Church in America into the terms of debate introduced by Charles Murray’s recent book, Coming Apart . It’s an angle that makes a good deal of sense given that the decline of . . . . Continue Reading »

The Three Most Profound Ideas I’ve Ever Had Peter Kreeft,  Integrated Catholic Life Americans ‘Go Solo’ Mark T. Mitchell,  Front Porch Republic Alain de Botton’s “Health and Safety Heathenism” Caspar Melville,  New Humanist Catholic Midwives Lose . . . . Continue Reading »

It’s a bit difficult to fathom why so many professional commentators are reacting to efforts to defuse the serious unrest in Afghanistan with dyspepsia. Specifically, and rather oddly, the opposition to America’s approach (which has now come from pundits on both sides of the political . . . . Continue Reading »