April 2016
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Repurposing Europe
For the Frenchmen who lived through World War II, the defining event of their lives was quintessentially…
The Good of Religious Pluralism
Pluralism is often perceived as a threat to faith, associated with relativism and a loss of religious…
The Case Against Polygamy
Is polygamy the next same-sex marriage? Fundamentalist Mormons, Muslims, and others argue that federal and state statutes…
Trumping Evangelicals
Trump didn’t just win in South Carolina; he won the white Evangelical vote. It’s a striking success…
The Dream-Child’s Progress
“He’s dreaming now,” said Tweedledee: “and what do you think he’s dreaming about?” Alice said, “Nobody can…
Briefly Noted
The Thriving Society: On the Social Conditions of Human Flourishingedited by james r. stoner jr. and harold…
Marquette’s Gender Regime
W orking in my Marquette office one afternoon in the spring of 2010, I heard unusual sounds…
Orwell and Contraception
I n 1954, four years after George Orwell’s premature death from tuberculosis, his friend Christopher Hollis recalled:…
Letters
Culture I recently read Jonathan Price’s “Culture by Subtraction” (February) and thoroughly enjoyed it—not least because it…
Roland on the Secret Soul
I was, it seemed, standing in my garden, gazing through shifting silvery curtains of mist at the…
Muslims in the Melting Pot
S everal related questions underpin much of the discussion about the growing presence of Muslim immigrants and…
Russian Brahmin
Laurusby eugene vodolazkintranslated by lisa haydenoneworld, 384 pages, $24.99 Eugene Vodolazkin’s novel Laurus has been much praised,…
Rome’s Resistance
Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitlerby mark rieblingbasic, 375 pages, $29.99 During the Second…
Public Scripture
In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492–1783by mark a. nolloxford, 448…
Really Modern English
Reynard the Fox: A New Translationtranslated by james simpsonliveright, 256 pages, $24.95 A few weeks ago I…
Grace’s Perfections
Paul and the Giftby john m. g. barclayeerdmans, 672 pages, $70 W ith the publication of E.…
Epic Ending
Inside Paradise Lostby david quintprinceton, 344 pages, $35 Early on in Inside Paradise Lost, David Quint writes…
Skiffling Shuffling Skittering Scuffling
As I am sitting at the stoplight under the maple and oak and cedar treesI see three…
Home Improvements
M ellow and glowing with autumnal redA nd also ochre striped with golden light,R epainted bedroom with…
Double Ballade for History Repeated: Part One
Though sinners’ souls are shriven clear,the ravished aren’t restored.The Good News turns to Bad News nearthe raped,…
Double Ballade for History Repeated: Part Two
Too long, I too withheld my earfrom “slanderers” who pouredout tales of victimhood to smearthe servants of…
