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First Links — 10.20.15

The Editors

Saints, Accidentally Julia Powers, Fare Forward Benedict and Nothing Rod Dreher, American Conservative Love, Dad David Desrosiers,…

Against the “Hebrew Bible”

Peter J. Leithart

Not surprisingly, Robert Jenson spends a lot of time in his Brazos commentary on Ezekiel talking about Trinity…

Violence and the End

Peter J. Leithart

“Eschatology and violence are intrinsically connected,” writer Robert Jenson (Ezekiel, 76). So much the worse for eschatology,…

The Soul of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

Peter J. Leithart

When I published some articles on the German-American philosopher Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973) on the web a decade…

Apocalyptic Porn

Peter J. Leithart

The verb porneuo and noun porneia are prominent themes in Revelation. Two of the seven churches of…

Country Club Catholicism

Matthew Schmitz

Catholics have a hard teaching on divorce and remarriage—hard for the married to live by and lately,…

The Value of First Things: Three Communications

Mark Bauerlein

I like First Things because it’s smart.” That’s what one journalist wrote to me awhile back. Before…

First Links — 10.19.15

The Editors

Confessions of a New Confessor Fr. Gabriel Torretta, OP, Ethika Politika Legalized Assisted Suicide Moves Us Scarily…

Tradition and the Spirit

Peter J. Leithart

As long as the apostles were alive, writes Robert Jenson, churches could check their understanding of the…

Man Must Teach

Peter J. Leithart

Rosenstock-Huessy’s essay “Man Must Teach” begins as an analysis of Augustine’s dialogue with his son Adeodatus, the…

Tradition and the Theological Virtues

Peter J. Leithart

“There is a subtle intrigue going on between the generations,” writes Otto Kroesen in Planetary Responsibilities (120). “It…

Showing

Peter J. Leithart

The verb deiknuo, “show,” is used eight times in Revelation. Four of the uses are at the…

Q and A for People Who Hate the Benedict Option

Matthew Loftus

Scene: A small cafe in a coastal urban city. BOB, a boring old believer, and his friend…

What We’ve Been Reading—10.16.15

The Editors

Francesca Murphy I am reading The Blondelian Synthesis: A Study of the Influence of German Philosophical Sources on…

The Craft of Christian Wiman

Mark Bauerlein

If you have ever known someone who cared too much about trivial objects and made others close…