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Conference on Dignitatis Humanae
For those who are interested, the Notre Dame Law Review is hosting a symposium later this week…
Medicine of Words
In her comparative study of Julian the Apostate and Gregory Nazianzus (Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the…
In Praise of Bottom
Chesterton is nothing if not an enthusiast, and he is nothing if not enthusiastic about Bottom the…
Slavery and the Monroe Doctrine
By the Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves, the US Congress decided that no more slaves were…
Upcoming Events—10.30.15
New York: The Art of the Beautiful Lecture Series: “Art, the Beautiful, and the True Good in…
First Links — 10.30.15
In the Absence of a Shepherd Eliot Milco, Paraphasic Diversity in the Christian University Elizabeth Corey, Public…
Courage, Nature and the Supernatural
Patrick Clark’s Perfection in Death is a study of Thomas’s treatment of the virtue of courage, especially as…
Gratitude and the Good Life
Discontent is one of life’s most corrosive vices. When we wish we lived then, when we want…
Ruined Temples
Ezekiel says that Yahweh deals with Judah so that Judah will know that He is Lord. When…
A Consuming Fire
What does it mean to say God is jealous (Heb. qanna’)? In a recent JBL piece, Nissim…
The Parenting Problems of Age Segregation
It has been more than a half-century since James Coleman and his team surveyed students in ten…
What I Want From Catholics
My wish list for Catholics is terribly old-fashioned and terribly assertive. There’s hardly space here to defend…
The Love of the Divine Warrior
Aren Wilson-Wright examines the elements of “Northwest Semitic combat myth” in the theme verses of the Song…
Meals and the Gospel Truth
Stephen Turley ends The Ritualized Revelation of the Messianic Age by elaborating the point made in his…
Sabbath in Society
Tyler Atkinson uses Bonaventure and Luther as his primary interlocutors in his study of the “work ethic”…