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Essays

The Future of Protestantism

Peter J. Leithart

Protestants often act as if the Reformation were the end of history, the moment when the Church…

Correcting Catholic Blindness

Samuel Gregg

See, judge, act.” Such has been the method by which modern Catholic social teaching has urged Catholics…

Libertarian Delusions

Nathan Schlueter

Recently I was invited to give a lecture on libertarianism at a prestigious Christian college. The large…

The Bolshevik Moment

R. R. Reno

During commencement season, a number of speakers were deemed politically impure. Earlier in the spring, Mozilla CEO…

A Church for Exiles

Carl R. Trueman

We live in a time of exile. At least those of us do who hold to traditional…

Opinion

Letters

Various

Reward R. R. Reno reports that there’s a $10,000 reward for anyone who can change Sam Harris’s…

How I Evolved on Gay Marriage

Matthew Schmitz

As a young Christian, I arrived at college in the fall of 2004 with some of the…

Learning from Bodies

Nora Calhoun

The baby in my arms lacks the majority of his brain. He was born just fifteen minutes…

Shaken not Smoked

Stephen H. Webb

Marijuana is becoming more socially acceptable and legally available. It would seem that a majority of Americans…

Divorce and Remarriage

Robert Spaemann

The divorce statistics for modern Western societies are catastrophic. They show that marriage is no longer regarded…

Reviews

Anxieties of Fairness

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde

Capital in the Twenty-First Century by thomas piketty belknap, 696 pages, $39.95 My life as an economist…

Godless Mysticism

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig

Living with a Wild God: A Non-believer’s Search for the Truth About Everything by barbara ehrenreich grand…

They Cry Out

Samuel Tadros

The Global War on Christians  by John Allen  Image, 320 pages, $25 The attacks began at 2:45…

Briefly Noted

Various

The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom by steven d. smith harvard, 240 pages, $39.95 Anyone…

A New Apologetic

Francesca Aran Murphy

The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss by david bentley hart yale, 376 pages, $25 David Bentley…

Counterfeit Goods

Helen Rittelmeyer

Every Day Is for the Thief by teju colerandom house, 176 pages, $23 n Republishing the early…

Poetry

Living Room Blues

Stephen Kampa

I feel less lonely when I watch TV: The heartbreak and the healing both go quicker, And…

On the Wrong Side of History

Bryce A. Taylor

Smart people have informed me I am on the wrong, or losing, side of history. But will…

Station VI of the Cross

James Matthew Wilson

VI. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus He stopped a moment, when her eyesMet his and grieved…

In the Cemetery of Kuzhmir Poland

David Goldberg

Words without song for Rabbi Ezekiel Taub Behind a wall of livesEngraved in stones,Searching for the homesThey…

Slow Green

Rachel Hadas

The elements were stark: a winter wall,snow, ice, snapped wrist. Through the breakI could just glimpse the…

Cancer Patient

Don Thackery

Though ill with cancer, I am here outdoors To walk slow steps and feel the warmth of…