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The Living Branch of the Traditional Latin Mass

Christopher Ruddy

A mother’s love does not always say yes, but a mother’s love is always healing, is always…

The Lost World of Jazz

Peter Tonguette

In an age when mass gatherings more often than not suggest the social upheaval of the last…

The Church in the Immanent Frame

Brad East

Churches and the Crisis of Decline:A Hopeful, Practical Ecclesiology for a Secular Ageby andrew rootbaker academic, 320 pages,…

Philosophy Perfected by Christ

Robert P. Imbelli

The Unchanging Truth of God?Crucial Philosophical Issues for Theologyby thomas g. guarinocua, 264 pages, $34.95 Monsignor Thomas…

Dobbs and the Vindication of American Democracy

George Weigel

Prior to June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important civil rights decision was handed down…

Roe Overturned

R. R. Reno

Today the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The first thing…

An Investigation into Disinformation

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Mark Hemingway joins the podcast to…

Russell A. Berman on the State of Emergency

R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Russell A. Berman to talk about his article from the…

Evangelicals and Whig History

Miles Smith

In the late eighteenth century, many American Protestants saw the War for Independence and the freedoms delineated…

In America, but Not of America

Leah Libresco Sargeant

American Shtetl:The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New Yorkby nomi m. stolzenberg and…

Sacraments, Hymns, and Baptist Beginnings

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Michael Haykin joins the podcast to…

What Is an Establishment of Religion?

Vincent Phillip Muñoz

Though all eyes are understandably focused on whether the Supreme Court will overturn Roe and Casey, the…

In Defense of Deference

Phillip Dolitsky

Daniel Patrick Moynihan told us that “everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his…

Understandable Economics

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Matthew Hennessey joins the podcast to…

Viking Vengeance in The Northman

Alexi Sargeant

What would happen if a Viking skald were armed with a modern Hollywood budget and set loose…