On our Need for the Real Thomas More

by George Weigel

A Man for All Seasons is a magnificent religious film—perhaps the best ever—despite its author’s stated intentions. Continue Reading »

23 Nov 2016 0

Calvinist Environmentalism?

by John Murdock

With Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism, Mark Stoll chronicles how conservationism and its green progeny arose from Calvinism. “When Emerson advised the solitary individual to seek mystical union with the Divine in the woods,” writes Stoll, “he simply restated long-standing Calvinist advice.” Continue Reading »

22 Nov 2016 0

Losing Control of History

by William Doino Jr.

If there is one concept that’s taken a massive hit from Donald Trump’s election, it is the idea that secular history can be predicted with certainty by “experts.” Continue Reading »

21 Nov 2016 0

Leonard Cohen, Religious Alchemist

by Sean Curnyn

Cohen is an Old Testament poet who can comprehend the New Testament without great strain or contradiction. Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2016 0

The Ecumenical Gospel

by Peter J. Leithart

Is the gospel identical with the Protestant doctrine of salvation? Or is the gospel a message about God's Son that Protestants and Catholics affirm together? Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2016 0

Escaping the Narcisphere

by Chris R. Morgan

Any mention of “narcissism,” by this time, should cause in most thinking people a kind of Inigo Montoya reaction: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Continue Reading »

17 Nov 2016 0

Gloucester Fisherman, American Veteran, Polish Benefactor

by George Weigel

The remarkable, wonderful story of Curtis Dagley and the Poles who remembered him with gratitude seventy years later is a poignant reminder of real American greatness. Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2016 0

Willa Cather’s Answer to Exile

by Timothy P. Schilling

For Cather, human life is an experience of exile and homesickness. We are all separated from our true homeland—from that place where we are entirely in our element. We live outside the gates of Paradise, at odds with God, our neighbor, and the natural world. Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2016 0

A Childhood Gone to the Dogs

by K. E. Colombini

Dogs and cats are great. They can scare away burglars and mice. They can appear to give you unconditional love—more so, perhaps, than some children. But they cannot take the place of family. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2016 0

A Right to Assisted Suicide for the Institutionalized Mentally Ill

by Wesley J. Smith

The state is abandoning the institutionalized terminally ill to their darkest impulses. This isn’t compassion. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2016 0