Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Cheap Shots

by Wesley Hill

By firing cheap shots and caricaturing the traditional views he hopes to overturn, Wolterstorff hampers a debate whose depth and maturity could be further deepened. Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2016 0

The Priesthood of all Believers

by Timothy George

The priesthood of all believers is a call to ministry and service; it is a barometer of the quality of the life of God’s people in the body of Christ and of the coherence of our witness in the world, the world for which Christ died. Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2016 0

The Exorcist Takes Christianity Seriously

by Wesley J. Smith

Many programs depict evil as real, of course. But only rarely do we see an unabashed presentation of practiced religion as the antidote. Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2016 0

Where I Was Wrong Part II: Iraq

by Pete Spiliakos

Perhaps no error looms larger in contemporary American politics than Iraq. Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2016 0

The End of an Era, the Interment of an Event

by George Weigel

Once, the Al Smith Dinner contributed to breaking down anti-Catholic prejudices. Now, its tribalism and its seeming indifference to grave moral issues are a scandal. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2016 0

Sex and Sin in Protestant America

by Joshua Mitchell

The now infamous second presidential debate was a spectacle that few decent Americans want to witness again. It was also a spectacular one-act recapitulation of the four-hundred-year-long drama of sex and sin in Protestant America. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2016 0

A Paulist Priest’s Wonderful Life

by William Doino Jr.

At ninety-five, Fr. James Lloyd is the oldest living Paulist priest. But you’d never know that from following his busy schedule. Continue Reading »

24 Oct 2016 0

Hazarding All

by Peter J. Leithart

The play begins and ends in the romantic world of magical, musical, moonlit Belmont, and in between descends into the gritty business of Venice. From the start, though, romantic and commercial concerns are linked. Continue Reading »

21 Oct 2016 0

Dirty Hands and Political Despair

by Brandon McGinley

It is not an act of humility but one of mutilation to amputate one’s faith in order to fulfill some secular political mandate—whether it be a bureaucratic directive or a party’s litmus test. Continue Reading »

21 Oct 2016 0

After the Fall

by Michael Hanby

If there is hope to be found in this painful political year, it is in the fact that the spell which liberal modernity has long cast over the Christian imagination might finally be starting to dissolve even as technocracy tightens its grip on our everyday lives. Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2016 0