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On Classical Metaphor
Metaphor has had a good run for the past several decades. Philosophers, linguists, and literary theorists have…
Music and Risk
Culture, writes David Goldman, is “inherently hostile to innovation. T.S. Eliot famously defined English culture as the…
Christian Pop, Minus the Pep
Christian pop is unrelentingly cheerful.” That was Leah Libresco’s conclusion when she analyzed the frequency of positive…
Against Whig History
Our friends at the Claremont Review of Books are generously offering free access for First Things web…
The New Hobbesians
Bill C-14 (now before the Senate) is about to thrust Canada into the brave new world of…
Is Architecture about Space?
It seems a given, a truism, that architecture is about space. Ali Madanipour indicates otherwise. In his…
Prophets and Ritual
Israel’s prophets excoriate the worship of Israel, in such terms that some commentators have concluded that they…
Magical Realism, Russian Style
Boris Fishman celebrates the 50th anniversary of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita at the NYTBR,…
Bayou Noir
Book critics have a way of talking about popular writers whose talent and ambition set them apart…
Avant Garde and the Profit Motive
Nicholas Vazsonyi’s Richard Wagner is subtitled “Self-Promotion and the Making of a Brand.” It’s a study of…
Holy Cities for Holy People
First Chronicles begins with nine long chapters of genealogy. Little is said about where these multitudes live.…
Surviving Apocalypse
Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson want to help readers learn How to Survive the Apocalypse that seems…
Public Displays of Piety
On a Greenwich Village street corner, amid a throng of man buns and designer sun hats, the…
John Webster, 1955-2016: A Tribute
I remember it like it was yesterday. Having been invited by Alan Torrance to visit King’s College,…
Eating Locusts Will Be (Benedict) Optional
On Friday I had the pleasure of being a guest at the annual conference of the Academy…
