Arts & Letters
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And All Shall Be Well
George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles:Incarnation, Doubt, and Reenchantmentby timothy larsenivp academic, 150 pages, $16 People…
The Bookish Life
The village idiot of the shtetl of Frampol was offered the job of waiting at the village…
The Hawks in the Leaves
The silly chickens huddle in dismay.Each shadow cast by falling leaves they taketo be a hawk descending…
Redeeming Transcendence
We live in a time of disenchantment, or so we’re told. Strange. Our first text is an…
Harry Potter as Sacred Text
Traditional contemplative practices are in right now—and not only with the religious and pan-spiritual types you’d expect.…
Wendell Berry Goes to School
Wendell Berry and Higher Education:Cultivating Virtues of Placeby jack r. baker and jeffrey bilbrouniversity press of kentucky,…
Sentiment Without Sentimentality
A Carnival of Losses:Notes Nearing Ninetyby donald hallhoughton mifflin harcourt, 224 pages, $25 Even in antiquity, some…
Art Rethought
I’m writing next to a stack of books, atop which is one of the most contrarian and…
Not-So-Old Mars
In 2013, Bantam published an anthology of new stories entitled Old Mars, edited by George R. R.…
Patterns of Piety
In this series, the First Things junior fellows share mini-essays on their current reading endeavors. Ramona TauszAssistant Editor Vittoria…
Sex, Fear, and Idolatry
Moral Combat:How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politicsby r. marie griffithbasic books, 416 pages, $32 Ever…
Medieval Studies and White Supremacy
Read properly, medieval history is about the divine comedy of Christianity—and about the rise of its great…
The Job of Ultimate Observer
The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)by errol morrisuniversity of chicago press, 192 pages, $30 Suppose that…
Callistus I
Tertullian tore his dalmatic.Hippolytus had a cow.Both became schismaticwhen Callistus stood the prow. He had a heart…
A Caveat on the Great Tom Wolfe
When the great Tom Wolfe died on May 14—he of the white suits, the spats, and the…
