The Moral Heart of The Green Knight
by Justin LeeCritics who bemoan the film’s departures from its source material misapprehend the nature of adaptation, which requires interpreting and resituating a work of art. Continue Reading »
Critics who bemoan the film’s departures from its source material misapprehend the nature of adaptation, which requires interpreting and resituating a work of art. Continue Reading »
A Catholic understanding of art is about more than cherishing faded glories.
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We have lost a brilliant man defined by his sage counsel, his moral outrage, and his profound love of the West. Continue Reading »
What we need is the boldness of the early disciples. For theirs was a boldness founded upon divine conspiracy, the true antidote to today’s totalitarian impulse. Continue Reading »
Sex without love—real love, the kind that comes with obligations and unexpected burdens, but also unexpected joys—kills the taste for both. Continue Reading »
People with disabilities shouldn’t need to wait for charity to be included. They already belong, even if that rarely gets them in the door. Continue Reading »
The modern food system is essentially its own religious system, using a network of symbols and phrases to make moral claims and create its own sacred-profane distinction. Continue Reading »
The small mysteries of time and memory point beyond themselves, suggesting that more lies ahead of us in a reality that exceeds our grasp but which we will someday know firsthand. Continue Reading »
The Canadian electoral system handicaps parties based on principle, rewards regional parties to the detriment of national unity, discourages voter turnout, and entrenches two historic parties despite their lack of majority support. Continue Reading »
In light of faith, what’s ancient isn’t banal, but tracks God’s constant devotion to his creatures. What’s fleeting or random isn’t futile, but an imitation of God’s free grace. Continue Reading »