December 2018
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Marcion on the Elbe
Accusations of anti-Judaism are flying in Germany. In a 2013 essay, “Die Kirche und das Alte Testament”…
The Forgotten Virtue
At present there is a great deal of handwringing about civility. On campus, students in screaming packs…
After Kavanaugh?
In the aftermath of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, the New York Times published an…
I’ll Have Consequences
Not too many years ago, I knew a little boy who was prone to temper tantrums that…
Letter to an Aspiring Doctor
You tell me you are thinking, my dear Stephen, of medicine as a career, but you wonder…
Getting Formation Right
I heard a bishop recently describe what his formation team does at his seminary: “They’re there and…
“Teach Torah and Fight for Justice”
In Jewish law, tikkun olam means improving the world. It refers to several rabbinic enactments of the…
The Religious Elite
Recently, while poring over a section from the Bible with my Catholic tutor, we came across a…
Queering Science
This past August, Brown University public health professor Lisa Littman had her woke moment. Littman studies sexual…
T. S. Eliot, Populist
What defines the essence of populism? What is it for, and what is it against? T. S.…
Letters
Death Penalty Sad to say, but as surely as night follows day, when Pope Francis speaks on…
The Church’s Book
The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faithby r. w. l. moberlybaker, 240…
Heterodox Woman
The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Cultureby heather mac…
Dare to Knock
The Kingdomby emmanuel carrèrefarrar, straus and giroux, 400 pages, $28 The genius and the apostle are alike,…
Orthodox Origen
Origen: On First Principlesedited and translated by john behroxford, 800 pages, $200 In its eleventh canon, the…
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
The Virtue of Nationalismby yoram hazonybasic books, 304 pages, $18.99 In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks,…
In Midwinter
Long and lean and sharp of tooth comes winter in its chill,Deep and void the nights become,…
Wretched, We Sail On
A shadow of sensation lies therein.The hungered truth is stumbling on the stairs.All pleasure which is measured…
Ad-Venting
I need tidings of comfort and of joy;Please play me “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.”I don’t like…
To an Unborn Child
Storm clouds move in and darken all the house, The morning paper on the kitchen table…
The Offering
The room is full of empty chairs.The gods above break down, distraught.We offer them our thoughts and…
