First Thoughts

Christian Pop, Minus the Pep

Does your soul need a lay-me-down instead of a pick-me-up? Harrison Lemke's Fertile Crescent Blues is a deep Biblical meditation expressed through feel-bad indie music. Continue Reading »

Upcoming Events—6.6.16

What is the role of the priest in today's Catholic schools? How do the Fathers of the Church speak to us today? This and more in our events roundup.

Against Whig History

“Just as if the world had existed merely for our sakes!” Continue Reading »

​The New Hobbesians

Bill C-14 (now before the Senate) is about to thrust Canada into the brave new world of assisted suicide. The “right to die” has been sold to the public as a triumph for personal autonomy. This rhetoric of individual liberty, however, is belied by the bill’s disregard for the conscience rights of Canadians. Continue Reading »

Public Displays of Piety

On a Greenwich Village street corner, amid a throng of man buns and designer sun hats, the priest held up the monstrance. Continue Reading »

John Webster, 1955-2016: A Tribute

Colin Gunton piped up, “Oxford? There are no theologians at Oxford.” I blurted out, “We have John Webster”—to which Gunton replied, “Right, well, Webster is an exception.” Continue Reading »

Eating Locusts Will Be (Benedict) Optional

Dispatches from a recent lecture by Rod Dreher.
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Confident Pluralism: A Response

I am grateful for Professor Carl Trueman’s engagement with Confident Pluralism, even though, as his review makes clear, his pessimism runs deeper than mine. Continue Reading »

The Lady, Or the Lobster?

A new romantic comedy brutally satirizes our dictatorship of eros.

What We've Been Reading—5.27.16

Take the train to Brussels, walk across the Warendepark, and into the Berlaymont building. This is the home of the European Commission. Depending on which entomologist you consult, it is either the cocoon from which a new Europe will emerge or the center of a vast spider-web of regulation that is choking the continent.

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