Public Life
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Metaphysics of Care
Shortly after I had a baby, I realized that what I had long understood by “feminism” had…
Germany’s Escalating Kulturkampf
The Jagdschloss Thiergarten in Donaustauf near Regensburg was destroyed by a fire on the night of October…
Sage Against the Machine
When I was a first-year doctoral student in England, a venerable Cambridge don whom I will not…
Education Is Not a Commodity
In a recent opinion piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Maryland classics professor Eric…
Indigenous London
Before London was a global city, it was just a city, and people lived there. Across its…
Third Ways and Other Ways
Charlie Kirk’s assassination has fired up a long-standing evangelical wrangle about “third-wayism.” Keen to avoid being boxed…
While We’re At It
According to the Wall Street Journal, construction spending on churches is up. For two decades, church attendance…
Sarah Mullally and Reforming the Anglican Communion
The Church of England has announced the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.…
What Charles Taylor Got Wrong
Two decades ago, I was an undergraduate at McGill University, where Charles Taylor lectured. Taylor, born in…
Charlie Kirk, Christian Vitalist
The Christian norms that once underwrote America’s liberal democracy have eroded. This “great unraveling,” to borrow James…
As Long as You’re Living
I first heard Robert Munsch in second grade. Our teacher read his 1986 classic Love You Forever…
Toward a New Humanism
The most pressing question we face today is that of the Psalmist: “What is man?” So urgent…
The Cambrian Implosion
A historical moment ago, it was too obvious for words, but: Life is a blessing. So to…
Undermining the Church’s Public Witness
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki recently wrote in these pages that the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to grant…
Faith Returns to the Public Square
Pastors, pundits, and politicians gathered in Phoenix last Sunday to remember Charlie Kirk. Seventy thousand people filled…
