Theology

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Walking the Synodal Way . . . Off a Cliff

Raymond J. de Souza

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Beauty Makes a Comeback

Jeremy Wayne Tate

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Fight with Style

Micah Mattix

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A Different Kind of Pride Flag

Carter Skeel

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What Émile Zola’s Nana Can Teach Our Liberated Age

Algis Valiunas

Of the great nineteenth-century French novelists, Victor Hugo still enjoys a certain renown in America, thanks to…

Why the LA Dodgers Chose Anti-Catholicism

Raymond J. de Souza

Where have you gone, Vin Scully? Dodger nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Is it possible…

Stay Outside

Ephraim Radner

When I first moved to Toronto, I used to pass a certain office building on my way…

The Continuing Relevance of the Donatist Controversy

Gilbert Meilaender

Perhaps only a few potential readers are interested enough in an essay titled “The Continuing Relevance of…

Angel of New York

John Byron Kuhner

On days when the world to me is desolation; when I cannot sit in my seat, or…

Benedict’s Dilemma

Sam Zeno Conedera

In his 2005 Christmas address to the Roman Curia, the recently elected Pope ­Benedict XVI said that…

Briefly Noted — 7/23

Various

Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life by dana gioia paul dry, 184 pages,…

Christ-Like Holden Caulfield

Lee Siegel

When I recently ventured to say to an old acquaintance of mine, an academic mandarin who teaches…

Defining Religion in the Court

Mark Movsesian

Here is a snapshot that captures an increasingly important issue in law and religion in the United…

Don’t Spare the Rod

Daniel Buck

I teach in the most crime-ridden neighborhood in my city. I am not the best teacher in…

Fukuyama v. Fukuyama

Nathan Pinkoski

Liberalism and Its Discontents by francis fukuyama farrar, straus and giroux, 192 pages, $26 To the general…