Theology

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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

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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…

He Was Afraid, and Began to Sink, and Cried Out

John Talbot

Peter: you doubt, you sink. Your wavering Petrifies. Remember even the heaving Sea keeps faith with those…

Kafka’s Trials

Theodore Dalrymple

The Diaries of Franz Kafka translated by ross benjamin schocken, 704 pages, $45 The job of a…

Litany of the Cross

Ross McCullough

Save us, O Holy Cross. Signpost of the times, Gnomon of the age, Axes of creation, Save…

Our Lady of Azakh

Samuel Sweeney

There’s a curious little church in the Syrian city of Derik. The Church of Our Lady (kanisat…

Permanent Revolution

R. R. Reno

Why is our collective mood so sour? We are awash with material wealth, and technology provides us…

Calvinism 2.0

James R. Wood

Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introductionby cory c. brock and n. gray sutantolexham academic, 320 pages, $36.99  Abraham Kuyper…

Christianity: Neither Revolutionary nor Conservative

Peter J. Leithart

Writing at UnHerd earlier this week, Paul Kingsnorth gives a dismal prognosis for Western civilization. Melting since…

John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus and Today’s Debates

George Weigel

In a recent article on the social doctrine of John Paul II in the Jesuit journal La…

Remembering Tim Keller

Dale M. Coulter

It’s hard to underestimate Tim Keller’s influence on American evangelicalism—even though he preferred to call himself a…