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Action, Time, Eternity
Robert Jenson begins his classic The Triune Identity with a succinct analysis of the religious import of human…
A Life Out of Time
From all quarters there are reports of cultural decline, but how bad can things really be when we…
Same-Sex Marriage and the Mormon Benedict Option
The Mormons know how to keep everyone guessing. A week ago, they were looking more and more…
Double Citizens
In his closing at one of the second-tier GOP Presidential debate, Governor Bobby Jindal expressed a perspective…
Threshing
Jaime Waters has written a book-length study of Threshing Floors in Ancient Israel. She summarizes the archaeological data…
Voltaire’s Bastards
John Ralston Saul’s Voltaire’s Bastards is about Voltaire. He turned the tools of irony and ridicule he learned…
Rites and Rights, in Two Churches
When directly asked by Mormon friends and family members (yep, I’ve got LDS folks in my family),…
Metaphysics of the Mall
Chanon Ross (Gifts Glittering and Poisoned) offers this insightful description of the way this works in a…
Flesh, Grass, Vapor, Hope
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. “All flesh is…
Prayer for Rulers
How long, O Lord, Judge of the earth, How long shall the wicked exult? They pour forth…
What We’ve Been Reading—11.6.15
Mark Bauerlein I am half-way through Anna Karenina. Everyone knows the basics of the story, but I’ve never…
First Links — 11.06.15
AA Envy Helen Andrews, Hedgehog Review The Just War in Greek Tragedy: Euripides’ Suppliants Robert J. Delahunty,…
The Rites of Rock
Charon Ross offers a brilliant analysis of rock concerts as ecstatic experiences (Gifts Glittering and Poisoned, 132-4).…
Ecstatic Forgiveness
In his fascinating Gifts Glittering and Poisoned, Charon Ross summarizes John Milbank’s claim that forgiveness is an ecstatic…
Is Ross Douthat Qualified to Write About Religion?
This commentary first appeared on the author’s Facebook page and appears here in an edited version with…
