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The Political Evanescence of the Papal Visit
It is an unavoidable preoccupation of our political class to speak and write obsessively about the political…
A Response to Janet Smith’s “Benign Reading” of Paragraph 137
On September 10, we published “An Appeal,” endorsed by a long list of fellow scholars. The Appeal sharply…
First Links — 9.24.15
Taking the Measure of Pope Francis Leah Libresco, et alia, FiveThirtyEight Speaking Truth David Mills, Ethika Politika A…
Learning to Lament
In the introduction to his recent Prophetic Lament, Soong-Chan Rah summarizes studies that show that “lament is often…
Creation and Providence
Ron Highland’s The Faithful Creator is “sustained argument with evangelical open theism, liberal process theism and other models…
Future Freedom
Ron Highland argues (The Faithful Creator) that discussions of providence and freedom often get off on the…
Future Holiness
Several times, Revelation identifies God triadically, triunely as the one “who is and who was and who…
Fiorina Stumbles Onto the Truth the Media Ignores
On her biggest stage yet, Fiorina deserves applause for forcefully raising Planned Parenthood’s treatment of the unborn…
First Links — 9.23.15
Free to Start Again: The Message and Meaning of Yom Kippur Jonathan Sacks, Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Bible…
Americanizing Rome
In an address to Congress in 1826, Charleston’s Catholic bishop John England declares his allegiance, and the…
The Cornucopia of American Religion
In his 1972 Denominational Society, the late Andrew Greeley sketches the shape of the denominational society. It is…
Fellowship of the Volk
In his contribution to Church, Identity, and Change, David Carlson offers an honest assessment of the entanglement of…
Song of Moses
The exalted martyrs sing “the song (ode) of Moses the slave of God and the song of…
First Links — 8.22.15
Pope Francis: Woman Is God’s Strongest Ally in the Battle Against Evil Diane Montagna, Aleteia Why Rush Should…
Catholicity by Grace
For a long time, opponents of the ecumenical movement have charged that it was an attempt to…
