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Socially Constructed Self

Peter J. Leithart

By the time a child is two, he or she has developed “narrative” memory, the ability to…

Pluralist Paralysis

Peter J. Leithart

Millennials aren’t apathetic or lazy, argues Zachary Fine in the NYT. They are simply paralyzed, and pluralism is…

Thoughts On Jeb

Pete Spiliakos

I don’t think Jeb Bush’s position on immigration is fatal to his chances of winning the 2016…

First Links — 4.9.14

Matthew Cantirino

Topic: The New CalvinismPBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly The Quality of MercyMark Osler, American Prospect The New…

Liberalism Against Humanity

Peter J. Leithart

In his Blood and Belonging, Michael Ignatieff offers this remarkably frank assessment of liberalism: “If I had supposed,…

Entrepreneurial State

Peter J. Leithart

Mariana Mazzucato argues in The Entrepreneurial Statethat government financing and research has been crucial to the technology booms…

Yahweh among the Gods

Peter J. Leithart

Shayne Cohen notes in his Beginnings of Jewishness that “many gentiles in antiquity recognized that the God of the…

Deuteronomy among the Greeks

Peter J. Leithart

In a 1978 article on funeral maledictions among Greeks, Louis Robert records a curse from an inscription.…

Jewish Sublime

Peter J. Leithart

“Longinus” describes the sublime as “the echo of a great soul” (de Sublimitate, 9.2)). The sublime can…

Visiting the Little Prince

Bria Sandford

If April has you in the mood to go on a pilgrimage, be sure to visit “The…

Easter Glory in a Roman Jewel Box

George Weigel

One of the many reasons to follow the Lenten station church pilgrimage through Rome is that, along…

Report: Obama Administration to Increase Aid to Syrian Rebels

Mark Movsesian

The Wall Street Journal reports today that President Obama’s national security advisers have agreed on a proposal…

A Lesson From Pro Wrestling

Pete Spiliakos

About seven and a half years ago, I got a DVD from a pro wrestling company called…

Why “Masculine Christianity” Is Misguided

Dale M. Coulter

A few years ago John Piper created some controversy over his declaration that Christianity had a masculine…

First Links — 4.8.14

Matthew Cantirino

Kenneth Miller’s Laetare MedalDiocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Against GratitudeJessica Griffith, Good Letters Wrongdoing Only Needs “Working…