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Advice to Inactive Christians
What is there to make of Raul Castro’s strategic little slip about becoming Catholic again? I say…
Junípero Serra
On September 23, at a mass in Washington, DC, Pope Francis is scheduled to canonize Blessed Junípero…
First Links—5.20.15
Evangelical Protestants are the Biggest Winners When People Change Faiths Leah Libreso, FiveThirtyEight Locating Heaven Br. Thomas…
Creative Wrath
In contrast to other commentators, Stephen Smalley (The Revelation to John) doesn’t think the “wrath” of God…
Songs of Bond
Adrian Daub and Charles Kronengold examine the James Bond Songs in a forthcoming book. It doesn’t seem an…
Wine of Passion
Babylon is first mentioned in Revelation in 14:8, and is immediately associated with wine. It’s called the…
Dean Potter Would Have Made a Great Saint
One of the most accomplished extreme athletes of his generation, Dean Potter died last week in a…
First Links—5.19.15
Last Word In Deed: Baltimore Catholics Get to Work Amanda Erickson, Commonweal Reviving the Female Canon Susan…
Eating Together
Drawing on Andrew Walls’s idea of the “Ephesian moment” in world Christianity, Emmanuel Katongole notes that the…
Angelic gospel
Three angels issue announcements in Revelation 14. The first angel is said to be flying in midheaven…
Structure of Revelation 14
Scholars have doubted the coherence of this chapter, one calling is a “pastiche” of themes from other…
In Praise of the Dying Art of Civil Disagreement
I spent the first half of last week at a seminar at an Ivy League divinity school,…
The Real Job Creators
It’s still behind a paywall for the time being, but if you have a National Review account,…
First Links—5.18.15
Notes on the Surrender at Menlo Park John Herrman, The Awl You Get What You Pay For…
Pollsters as Pundits
With everyone abuzz with the latest Pew findings, one can hardly wait for the publication later this…
