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First Links—3.3.15
What Notre Dame Does Better Than Yale Margaret Blume, Ethika Politika Problematic Matthew Schmitz, The Hedgehog Review…
Structure in Spenser
The macro-structures of The Fairie Queene become clear if we look at a single book in detail. Book…
The New Aristocracy
A major story in Politico on Eric Braverman’s eyebrow-raisingly abrupt departure from the Clinton Foundation has me reassessing…
50 Shades of Pamela
John Podhoretz (Weekly Standard, March 2) admits that he giggled his way through Fifty Shades of Grey.…
Rituals of Power?
Theodore Vial’s Liturgy Wars is a rich and detailed account of the struggle over the change in the…
Society v. Culture
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
At the Center for Law and Religion Forum, my colleague Marc DeGirolami and I have a podcast…
Wyoming Catholic and the Federal Burden
Wyoming Catholic College has decided to opt out of Title IV—specifically, federal student aid and loan programs.…
First Links — 3.2.15
‘An Incorrigibly and Confusedly Religious Nation’ Randy Boyagoda, The Wall Street Journal The Virtues of Lent Br.…
I Am Welsh
David Hawkes’s TLS review of Marisa Cull’s Shakespeare’s Princes of Wales sums up the influence of Wales on…
Wittenberg Discord
One of the most impressive feats of Reformation ecumenism was the Wittenberg Concord of 1536, signed by…
The Two Shall Become One Flesh
In the Gospel of St. Mark, the Lord Jesus teaches that “from the beginning of creation ‘God…
Temptation of Tribalism
America is abandoning the last remnants of our historic Christian foundations. This is most obvious in law,…
Confessionalization and Investiture
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
New York The Art of the Beautiful: Beauty, Culture, and the New Evangelization March 14 The Most…