Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
At the Church of the Nativity
Upstanding persons surely find it odd, The way these pilgrims crawl to Bethlehem. How baffling is the…
Japanese Maple in January
All spring she brushed aside my arguments that it was cheaper and would make more sense to…
The Future of Marriage
Last summer, billionaire hedge fund manager and major Republican donor Paul Singer put up $1 million to…
The New Secular Moral Majority
A recent report from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life tells us that…
Instructions for Climbing and Descending
Good foot goes to heaven; bad foot goes to hell. When every step torments and pain is…
Letters
Reason and Revelation There is a deep divide between Jonathan Rauch’s belief that marriage is a malleable…
The Glory and Decline of Bread
Sliced bread (sic) a centimeter thick staling on forty surfaces fit for soggy sandwiches real bread excels…
The Song of the Black Potatoes
“People sink,” wrote Mr. Bishop; “they have no stamina left, they say ‘It is the will of…
Final Reward
St. Peter stands at the Heavenly Gates? enrolling a new admission. “Reporting for duty, sir,” Mike Clancy…
Quietist Controversy
François Fénelon: A Biography—the Apostle of Pure Love? by Peter Gorday Paraclete, 258 pages, $24.99 As is…
Love’s Translations
Song of Songs: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible by paul j. griffiths brazos, 240 pages, $32.99…
Redeeming Places
Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today by craig g. bartholomew baker, 384 pages,…
Last Night As I Lay Sleeping
Last night as I lay sleeping, I dreamed”oh blessed art!” of fountain water leaping and flowing in…
Sin, Redemption, and Spider-Man
God so loved the world that he gave his only son. God so loved me that he…
An Inhumane Humanities Lecture
Established in 1972, the Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual…
