Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Man Who Painted the Reformation
In July 1519, Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote a letter describing his friend and fellow humanist Thomas More.…
Timothy J. Cusick on Evangelical Poverty
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Fr. Timothy J. Cusick to talk about his article from…
On Ukraine
For months now, the world press has described Russian troop deployments along Ukraine’s borders as spearheads of…
Platonism Wins
Ars Vitae:The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Livingby elisabeth lasch-quinnuniversity of…
Events Roundup—2.7.22
KANSAS Institute for Catholic Liberal Education Retreat for Teachers Thursday through Sunday, July 28-31 The Institute for…
Briefly Noted — 2/22
The Enduring Tension: Capitalism and the Moral Order by donald j. devine encounter books, 384 pages, $32…
Freedom After Communism
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by lea ypi w. w. norton,…
How Journalism Became Elite Employment
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Batya Ungar-Sargon joins the podcast…
Imperial Selves and Deteriorating Persons
Fifty years ago, the scholar Quentin Anderson (1912–2003) published a powerful and ambitious book—The Imperial Self: An…
“To Keep It All the Year”: A Resolution
A good friend recently told me he was happy the holiday season was over. “Too much pressure,”…
Morality in the Age of Machines
The Age of AI:And Our Human Futureby henry a. kissinger, eric schmidt, and daniel huttenlocherjohn murray, 256…
Who Invented the Individual?
A common misconception holds that early “modernity” invented the “individual”: the idea that everyone is a someone…
American Jesuit
Jesuit at Large:Essays and Reviews by Paul Mankowski, S.J.edited by george weigelignatius press, 237 pages, $17.95 A…
The Identity Crisis of Modern Adolescents
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Frank Furedi joins the podcast…
The Strange Fate of Hamilton and Harry Potter
Years ago, when teaching at seminary, I used to tell the students that moral relevance in the…
