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First Links — 9.14.15
Why Conservatives Should Read Marx Johnny Thakkar, The Point Lambeth’s Benedict Option Sarah Puryear, Living Church Is The…
The Power of Public Insult
Donald Trump calls Jeb Bush a “nice” but “low energy” man. Whatever Bush does, Trump wins. Suppose…
Perfecting Grace
In his recently-released Paul & the Gift, John Barclay argues that the concept of “grace” is multi-faceted and…
Casual Conformity
Erynn Masi de Casanova observes in her forthcoming Buttoned Up that since the surfeit of books on white…
On Capitalism
Ross Douthat has recently observed that Trump’s popularity is a sign that neither of the major parties…
Just Published: Religion and the Social Sciences
Religion and the Social SciencesConversations with Robert Bellah and Christian Smithedited by R. R. Reno and Barbara McClay More…
Authority, Citizenship, and Public Justice
North Americans famously esteem freedom but are ambivalent about authority. Authority strikes many of us as too…
What We’ve Been Reading—9.11.15
R. R. Reno Over Labor Day weekend I sat down with two books by Samuel Moyn, The…
First Links — 9.11.15
Looking for Calvin Coolidge Gracy Olmstead, American Conservative The End of History Ernest B. Furgurson, American Scholar Top…
Sacrifice and Solidarity
Wars are supposed to be moments to renew national solidarity, but Agnieszka Monnet argues that “all wars since WWII…
Hear, O Israel
Deuteronomy 6 is the closest thing the Old Testament has to a confession of faith: “Hear, O…
Eyes on the Land
The land of promise is not a land like Egypt, and when Moses describes the differences between…
Schism and Christianization
It would seem that a major schism would so weaken the church that it would be ill-suited…
How Pope Francis Understands Theology and Tradition
In a video message broadcast to participants in the Second International Congress of Theology held in Buenos…
Losing Luther
As a recent Atlantic essay points out, Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber’s emphasis on sin and grace in Christ…
