Conservatism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Age of Incomplete Religions
Beware the copula “and.” Politics and religion. Church and state. What does it mean to bring these…
The Ancestral Meaning of Conservatism
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Graham McAleer joins in…
Self-Creation Only Dehumanizes Us
Begotten or Made?by oliver o’donovandavenant press, 143 pages, $26.95 Think about it,” my friend said, his voice…
The End of Civilization?
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Tracy Lee Simmons joins…
What Makes Education Conservative?
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Rick Hess joins the…
PaPa Pete’s Patriarchy
The following essay is excerpted from the forthcoming book Dawn’s Early Light: Burning Down Washington to Save…
Charlotte’s Web Revisited
I am presently rereading E. B. White’s novel Charlotte’s Web with my youngest child, who is eight.…
The Unexpected Vocation
The following essay is adapted from a commencement address given at Ave Maria School of Law in…
Our Christian Nation
Christopher Dawson was an English historian in the middle of the last century, one of those intellectuals…
Can Christians Attend Gay Weddings?
To update the famous comment of Leon Trotsky, you may not be interested in the sexual revolution,…
The Peculiar Story of C. S. Lewis and Janie King Moore
Sixty years after the death of C. S. Lewis, his bibliography remains a daunting benchmark for anyone…
The Lessons of Epiphany
. . . were we led all that way forBirth or Death? There was a Birth, certainlyWe…
Food for the Soul
This article is part of our 2023 year-end campaign series, featuring reflections from prominent authors on why…
Mark’s Poem of the Passion and My Late Friend Dave
On October 20, 2023, the Reverend David Keith Louder, a Lutheran pastor, died at the age of…
Testing the Spirits of Jon Fosse’s A Shining
A Shiningby jon fossetranslated by damion searlstransit books, 88 pages, $16.95 In her little-known essay “The Spirit…