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Throne and Shepherd
Those who come through the great tribulation need white robes. Their own robes aren’t white, and their…
Fashionable Fat
Temple University Sociologist Amanda Czerniawski is interested in how fatness functions in contemporary culture, and especially in…
MORE, ERASMUS, & FISHER
The Wethersfield Institute is sponsoring a lecture series by Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ, professor of philosophy at Fordham, on…
The Seven Angels
The angels who receive trumpets are identified as “the seven angels who stand before Yahweh.” The phrasing…
Instruments Make the Man
Samuel tells Saul he will meet prophets coming down from a high place (from worship) playing instruments…
Advocacy v. Art
9/11 pushed novelist Ian McEwan from unsettled agnosticism into atheism. Since that day, McEwan says, he has…
Nations Win Out
An analysis from Stratfor Global Intelligence claims that the effort to re-establish medieval caliphates will run into several…
My Favorite Heretic
I had a friend in graduate school who had come to the United States from England to…
An International Problem
Threats to religious liberty in recent months in the United States—forcing employers to buy abortifacients, compelling professionals…
No Compromise
In a Westminster-style political system ordinary Members of Parliament have little leeway to vote as they like,…
Social Trinity
Three things stand out in Charles Lowry’s 1946 essay on The Trinity and Christian Devotion. The first is…
Hot Semiotics
Wanting to figure out what makes someone attractive on Tinder, Anne Helen Petersen created her own experimental…
Silence in Heaven
When the Lamb opens the seven seal, there is silence in heaven for a half hour. There…
Half Measures
The Hebrew word “half” (chetziy) is used over 120 times in the Old Testament. Nearly half of…
Paul and the Troublers of Galatia
I explore the significance of Paul’s description of Judaizers as “troublers” at the Trinity House site.
