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Tangled in the Secular

Peter J. Leithart

Writing at Stratfor, George Friedman offers a sobering, pessimistic view of the future of Islam in Europe: “We…

The Catholic Writer, February 19–21

Mark Bauerlein

A conference at University of Southern California next month, co-sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Catholic Studies, looks to…

First Links—1.16.15

The Editors

After Charlie Hebdo, Could European Churches Be Next? Philip Jenkins, Aleteia Nigerian Archbishop: ‘West is ignoring Boko…

Biblical Cosmos

Peter J. Leithart

Robin Parry’s The Biblical Cosmos is packed with good things. His opening discussion of the “living cosmos” of…

Spiritual Habitus

Peter J. Leithart

Mike Allen and Scott Swain summarize John Owen’s account of the “spiritual habit of grace” (Reformed Catholicity,…

First Links—1.15.15

The Editors

Eating Alone in China Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker Paul Cézanne Revered the Old Masters, yet Influenced…

Job and Justification

Peter J. Leithart

Someone needs to write a monograph, at least an article, about justification in Job. Perhaps someone already…

Does God Lie?

Peter J. Leithart

Dallas Denery’s The Devil Wins is a “history of lying from the garden of Eden to the Enlightenment.”…

Beyond Blasphemy?

Peter J. Leithart

Everyone is talking about blasphemy since the murders last week in Paris. Many on every side of…

Sacrificial Atonement

Peter J. Leithart

Many modern theologians have argued that sacrifice is no longer a meaningful category with which to discuss…

An Ever Evolving Queen

Russell E. Saltzman

I don’t go all gooey over royalty, especially British royalty, but that didn’t stop my daughter, when…

The Atlanta Fire Chief Fired

Andrew T. Walker

The story of Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran’s dismissal is circulating widely around the web, and for…

The Student Speech Police

Mark Bauerlein

We have a strange transformation taking place on campus today. Back in the ‘60s, at Berkeley and…

First Links—1.14.15

The Editors

No, the Internet is Not Killing Culture Evan Kindley, Slate Americans Go Online for Art, Skip Museums,…

Porneia

Peter J. Leithart

In a 2011 JBL article, Kyle Harper examines the usage of the Greek word porneia from its…