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Symbolizing Reality
At the beginning of his Silence and Praise, Ryan Hansen summarizes several of the recent approaches to understanding…
The Catholic Writer in America
Dana Gioia may be best known to our audience for his essay in First Things last year entitled…
Indiana, Religious Freedom, and the Hysteria
Yesterday I put forward my analysis of the extraordinary propaganda blitz and its implications. In doing so, I said…
A Protestant’s Passion for the Virtues of Thomas
I discovered Aquinas quite by accident some twenty years ago. Hired to teach Medieval and Reformation theology…
First Links—4.1.15
Indiana: The Holy War of the Left Rod Dreher, The American Conservative James Rebanks: ‘Shepherding is Beautiful…
When Opposing Laws Like Indiana’s Costs Lives
None of the dire outcomes predicted by those campaigning against the Indiana RFRA have materialized in jurisdictions…
Automatic Writing
Explaining the power of liturgical habit, Paul Griffiths (Decreation) offers writing as an example of the self-forgetful,…
Unity First?
In his Gift and the Unity of Being, Antonio Lopez claims that “Christ’s kenotic gift of self restores…
Nothing Sacred
Douglas Rushkoff’s Nothing Sacred is rather all over the place (as one might say if one had a…
Kept from Women
The emphasis on chastity, virginity, and lack of defilement from women does not have to do with…
Five Reasons Why Indiana Is the Perfect Place for the Left to Boycott
In the wake of Indiana passing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), nationwide momentum has swelled for…
First Links—3.30.15
Celebrating the Life and Work of Gerard Manley Hopkins Joseph J. Feeney, America Lenten Conference Audio: St.…
Lector Ludens
One of the central virtues of Lector Ludens, Michael Scham’s study of games and play in Cervantes, is Scham’s…
Against Sacraments
Trevor Hart (Between the Image and the Word, 62-74) describes the de-sacramentalizing shift in Barth’s theology. He…
Music in Liturgy and Life
Music has profound effects on our moods and minds. If we believe the ancient wisdom, this is…