Life of Faith

A selection of recent articles on this topic

J. I. Packer: A Great Puritan

Hans Boersma

On a narrow strip of the northern California coastline grow the giant Redwoods, the biggest living things…

Against Self-Promotion

Hans Boersma

Humility is an underrated commodity in our society. Politics, business, entertainment, the academy, and even the church—they…

A Failure of Responsibility

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Yuval…

Taking the Long Road

Veronica Clarke

My liberal arts education at Wyoming Catholic College taught me the importance of first and last principles.…

Unjust Rules for Religious Believers

Charles J. Chaput Thomas Weinandy O.F.M. Cap.

In the midst of the current pandemic, why should casinos have greater freedoms than churches? In casinos,…

The Decline of Journalism

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Mark Hemingway…

A Procession Like No Other

C. C. Pecknold

Many people are processing through our city streets these days. Some of these processions are violent and…

“The Heavens Declare the Glory of God…”

George Weigel

In his Life of St. Augustine, the 5th-century bishop Possidius tells us that the greatest of the…

More Movies for Lockdown

Mark Bauerlein

As the rioting wanes but the lockdown continues in certain states, let’s add to the lists of…

Reporting on American Religion, Part One

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Kenneth L. Woodward…

The Vatican’s Choice: Jimmy Lai or Xi Jinping?

George Weigel

In mid-May, Chinese leader Xi Jinping unveiled a plan to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature and impose draconian…

The Rise of Anti-Art

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Michelle Kamhi…

What We’ve Been Reading—May 2020

The Editors

Mark BauerleinContributing Editor I just started reading Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell’s blockbuster 1936 novel of…

Games Intellectuals Play

George Weigel

Shortly after President John F. Kennedy’s cabinet met for the first time, Vice President Lyndon Johnson waxed…

The Literature of Pestilence

John V. Fleming

During this pandemic, which has been documented nearly to exhaustion, two themes have captured my attention. The…