Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Do Protestants Believe in Present-Day Miracles?
Recently Christianity Today published a substantial review of Carlos Eire’s fascinating book They Flew: A History of…
Arabic, A Christian Language
To whom does a language belong? One might think it the possession of all who speak it.…
In Search of Lost Time
You know by now, I think, that books are (almost) everywhere in our big old house. But…
The Republican Party Sidelines the Pro-Life Cause
Pro-life politicians have a duty to pursue realistic objectives, given political circumstances. But all of us—including men…
The Bishops, the Poor, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
In 1969, the United States bishops created the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). Its mission is…
PaPa Pete’s Patriarchy
The following essay is excerpted from the forthcoming book Dawn’s Early Light: Burning Down Washington to Save…
Why Teachers Are Fleeing Public Schools
In 2007 I turned down a high-paying job in engineering to become a public school science teacher.…
The Carthusians of Vermont
In a hollow just north of Bennington, Vermont, near the New York state line, nineteen monks at…
Ruminations on the Early Church
Two recent books cry out to be reviewed together: Nadya Williams’s Cultural Christians in the Early Church:…
The Humanities in Georgia
I’m listening to a seminar in early modern thought. The subject is Meditations, the landmark treatise on doubt…
Holy Week in Seville
Every year in Seville, more than sixty life-size replicas of the Virgin Mary are paraded through the…
Abortion and the American Colonization of France
Since the Veil Law of 1975, abortion has been legal in France. Yet for decades, the French…
Some Things I Hate
My previous column, the first of the New Year, was devoted to “Hopes and Wishes for 2024.”…
Our Christian Nation
Christopher Dawson was an English historian in the middle of the last century, one of those intellectuals…
Secularist Blinders and the Middle East
When I first met Yigal Carmon in November 1988, he was counter-terrorism adviser to Israeli Prime Minister…
