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First Links—3.3.15

The Editors

What Notre Dame Does Better Than Yale Margaret Blume, Ethika Politika Problematic Matthew Schmitz, The Hedgehog Review…

Structure in Spenser

Peter J. Leithart

The macro-structures of The Fairie Queene become clear if we look at a single book in detail. Book…

The New Aristocracy

Greg Forster

A major story in Politico on Eric Braverman’s eyebrow-raisingly abrupt departure from the Clinton Foundation has me reassessing…

50 Shades of Pamela

Peter J. Leithart

John Podhoretz (Weekly Standard, March 2) admits that he giggled his way through Fifty Shades of Grey.…

Rituals of Power?

Peter J. Leithart

Theodore Vial’s Liturgy Wars is a rich and detailed account of the struggle over the change in the…

Society v. Culture

Peter J. Leithart

Chris Jenks argues in Subculture that “postmodernism’s critical imperative recommending the end of grand narratives is an invitation…

Podcast on EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch

Mark Movsesian

At the Center for Law and Religion Forum, my colleague Marc DeGirolami and I have a podcast…

Wyoming Catholic and the Federal Burden

Mark Bauerlein

Wyoming Catholic College has decided to opt out of Title IV—specifically, federal student aid and loan programs.…

First Links — 3.2.15

The Editors

‘An Incorrigibly and Confusedly Religious Nation’ Randy Boyagoda, The Wall Street Journal The Virtues of Lent Br.…

I Am Welsh

Peter J. Leithart

David Hawkes’s TLS review of Marisa Cull’s Shakespeare’s Princes of Wales sums up the influence of Wales on…

Wittenberg Discord

Peter J. Leithart

One of the most impressive feats of Reformation ecumenism was the Wittenberg Concord of 1536, signed by…

The Two Shall Become One Flesh

Evangelicals and Catholics Together

In the Gospel of St. Mark, the Lord Jesus teaches that “from the beginning of creation ‘God…

Temptation of Tribalism

Peter J. Leithart

America is abandoning the last remnants of our historic Christian foundations. This is most obvious in law,…

Confessionalization and Investiture

Peter J. Leithart

Scott Manetsch’s Calvin’s Company of Pastors is a rich contribution to the history of pastoral theology and care…

Upcoming Events—2.26.15

The Editors

New York The Art of the Beautiful: Beauty, Culture, and the New Evangelization March 14 The Most…