Last week First Things hosted a lecture by Gary A. Anderson on the topic “Is the Concept of Purgatory Jewish?” Those who attended the talk—or anyone else in the New York City area—may be interested in his next lecture series at New York University titled ” Begetting . . . . Continue Reading »
PETA never runs out of ideas to promote it’s a rat, is a pig, is a dog, is a boy, agenda. Now, it wants the publishers of a new translation of the Bible to personalize animals. From the story:Animal activists say the Bible needs to be more considerate of God’s furry friends. People . . . . Continue Reading »
There are advance medical directives—and then, there are advance medical directives. In other words, all are not equally useful or safe.Some—particularly of the short form variety—push signers toward refusing care. Others, take the decisions out of the hands of . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of my Homeschooling Freedom , yesterday’s On the Square column, may enjoy an article on homeschooling by a very bright young man who is now a homeschooled high school senior, and explains what his life is like in an article published in Imagine , the magazine of Johns Hopkins Center . . . . Continue Reading »
From BBC News - Jordan battles to regain ‘priceless’ Christian relics: A group of 70 or so “books”, each with between five and 15 lead leaves bound by lead rings, was apparently discovered in a remote arid valley in northern Jordan somewhere between 2005 and 2007.... They . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Telegraph , Iain Hollingshead offers a list of ” Not the 50 books you must read before you die .” The subtitle claims that the list provide “some tongue-in-cheek literary advice.” But I think he’s mostly serious. At least I hope so. I don’t agree with . . . . Continue Reading »
The desire to be a part of the “inner ring” and the “terror of being left outside” is a chief motivation underlying many human behaviors. C.S. Lewis highlighted the dangers in our “longing to enter” as well as “our anguish when we are excluded and the . . . . Continue Reading »
It is beyond reckless to permit ideology to endanger your baby’s health. But that is what seems to have happened in France, where vegan parents have been charged with the neglect in the death by malnourishment of their baby. From the story:Sergine and Joel Le Moaligou, whose vegan diet . . . . Continue Reading »
A study conducted over eighteen years claims that weekly church activities boost obesity fifty percent by middle age: The study, conducted by researchers at Northwestern University, found that young adults who frequently attended religious activities were far more likely to become obese than those . . . . Continue Reading »
Our friend Robert Fastiggi, who teaches at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, sends us this report on a recent conference. You’ll notice that one of the keynote speakers was Russell Hittinger, a member of the board of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. On March 3-4, a conference . . . . Continue Reading »
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