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Talking Like Grownups

Peter J. Leithart

Jonathan Franzen begins his NYTBR review of Sherry Turkle’s Reclaiming Conversation by describing Turkle’s unique place among commentators on…

Sex and Peace

Peter J. Leithart

Sex is supposed to keep everyone so busy that they don’t have time to fight. Make love…

From the Mouth

Peter J. Leithart

Four times Revelation refers to the sword that comes from the mouth of Jesus, twice at the…

First Links — 10.8.15

The Editors

Everyday Artificial Stupidity Geoffrey Pullum, Chronicle of Higher Education When Friendships Fail Wesley Hill, Spiritual Friendship The…

New Old Christendom

Peter J. Leithart

According to John Allen Jr., writing in Crux, the next Christendom in Africa bears some resemblance to the…

Assimilated To What?

Peter J. Leithart

Leave aside the question of illegal immigrants for a moment. Legal immigration is itself a political and…

Battle of Har-Magedon

Peter J. Leithart

Kings gather at a place called “Har-Magedon” for the war of the great day of God pantokrator…

Scientists Explain the Origins of Religion

Russell E. Saltzman

I’d say, after reading this essay, we can just sleep in next Sunday. We now have a scientific…

Upcoming Events—10.7.15

The Editors

New York: The Art of the Beautiful Lecture Series:“Art, the Beautiful, and the True Good in Dante’s…

First Links — 10.7.15

The Editors

The Opening of the Synod Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. CAP., CatholicPhilly Benedict Option FAQ Rod Dreher, American Conservative…

Learning from Catholicism

Peter J. Leithart

“The differences between these two major types of Christianity, at the present time, involve contradictions,” wrote Avery…

Triune Relations

Peter J. Leithart

Wesley Hill argues in Paul and the Trinity that recent discussions of Pauline christology are locked into a…

Frogs

Peter J. Leithart

The trinity of dragon, beast, and false prophet “breath” out three demon spirits that look like frogs…

Religion and Presidential Voting Patterns

Greg Forster

My friend Henry Olsen knows election data just about as well as anyone in the public eye.…

The Crisis in International Religious Freedom

David D. Corey

In September of this year, Baylor University sponsored two lectures on the topic of religious persecution. The…