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Prince’s Poo
Dan Piepenbring comments briefly in The Paris Review on a bizarre fashion trend of the eighteenth century: …
Tragedy of Asa
King Asa of Judah made a strong start, purging the land of idols, altars, and images, and…
Under the Kanun
Bessian Vorpsi, a young writer from Tirana, makes headlines in the Albanian capital when he decides to spend…
With Gratitude
Dear Readers, We have wrapped up our spring fundraising campaign, and I am happy to report that…
Mystery Play
In his quirky little essay on Benedict XVI, The Mystery of Evil, Giorgio Agamben cites Odo Casel’s…
Oneself in Another
In his study of The Power of God in the Trinitarian theology of Gregory of Nyssa, Michel Rene…
Nationless States
In an essay contributed to Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine, Capodistrias Hammerli looks at and…
Jehoshaphat’s Betrayal
Ahab of Israel pops into Chronicles for the first time in 2 Chronicles 18. Readers of Chronicles…
Universal Harmony
In the course of a discussion of the “harmony” of the economy of grace, the great English…
Dear Jane
We may think that Jane Austen has only recently entered pop culture consciousness. We’d be wrong. Devoney…
Beatitude
As the title suggests, Jonathan Pennington’s The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing sees the Sermon on the…
Genealogy of Rights
In The Sacredness of the Person, Hans Joas offers an “affirmative genealogy” of the notion of human…
Unseen Warrior
Back in December, Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors scored 60 points in a game. That’s…
Generous Good
In Enneads 5.143, Plotinus reasons: “If the First is perfect, the most perfect of all, and the…
Father God
Pagans called Zeus “Father,” but, according to Joseph Ratzinger (The God of Jesus Christ), “they meant that…
