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Edwards on Union
Ross Hastings argues in Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God that union in the Spirit is…
Calling It Genocide
In a press statement yesterday, US Secretary of State John Kerry did what many human rights activists…
The Music of Chemistry
Ben McFarland wants to convince his readers that the periodic table is a thing of beauty forever…
God Sending, God Sent
When Moses finds a bush burning on Mount Sinai, he turns aside to look. “Yahweh” sees him…
First Links — 3.17.16
Screwtape in VegasLeah Libresco, Commonweal Full Interview with the Pope EmeritusBenedict XVI, Catholic World Report Daredevil Wrestling…
“The Walking Dead” and the Importance of Dead Bodies
The Walking Dead, a horror show about flesh-eating zombies, has become a television sensation—perhaps the most popular…
Children as Political
Here is a new ad put out by the Clinton campaign. You must see the video to…
Terrence Malick’s Openness to Life
Terrence Malick has baffled many of the film critics who once championed him. His detractors call his…
Trinity in Theory and Practice
Making the Trinity practical seems like a very tall order. Few areas of Christian doctrine are more…
Islamic Syncretism
Andrew Walker’s “Eat the Heart Out of the Infidel” reaches deep into the history of African Islam…
Whom is Architecture For?
In his recent biography of Frank Gehry, Building Art, Paul Goldberger recounts this incident: “a jet-lagged Gehry,…
What’s the Value of Utility?
The science of economics has undoubtedly come a long way since the days of Adam Smith, but…
Democracy and Class
In his forthcoming Democracy: A Life, Paul Cartledge summarizes Aristotle’s discussion of democracy in the Politics and…
First Links — 3.15.16
Mother Teresa Canonization Set for September 4Greg Kundra, Aleteia Trump and Trump Protesters Feed Off Each OtherMegan…
Sex Trumps History
In giving the Annual Lecture to the Ciceronian Society last week, I chose to speak on Sophocles’…
