June/July 2017
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The Three Necessary Societies
Rerum Novarum (1891) begins with this sentence: “That the spirit of new things [revolutionary change], which has…
How to Look at a Tree
Across the road from my house, presiding over a patch of lawn between my parish church and…
Dress Up
For quite a few years now, academic philosophers and sociologists, as well as popular social commentators who…
The Age of Concentration
Many regard Russia as backward, lagging behind the West. This is not so. Our shared civilization is…
Twenty-First-Century Conservatism
There are times when one reads something that provides a moment of sudden illumination. I had that…
Briefly Noted
Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Powerby anna suharvard, 296 pages, $39.95 Anna Su’s study of U.S.…
I Like It at Home
“All my brothers went West and took up land, but I hung on to New England and…
Babel and Brexit
Why did God disperse the men who built the Tower of Babel? The ancient rabbinic texts uncovered…
The New Christian Zionism
Now in its thirty-sixth year, the annual Feast of Tabernacles celebration, sponsored by the International Christian Embassy…
Singing Aquinas in L.A.
When I was a child in parochial school, we began each morning with daily Mass. My mother…
Thanks for Everything, Pope Francis
When my wife, Elizabeth, and I were married a quarter century or so ago, she was a…
Letters
Never Retreat The whole history of the West can be told as a history of getting Augustine…
Mr. and Mrs. Fearmonger
The Cold World They Made:The Strategic Legacy of Roberta and Albert Wohlstetterby ron robinharvard, 365 pages, $35…
What Del Noce Saw
The Crisis of Modernityby augusto del nocetranslated by carlo lancellottimcgill-queens, 336 pages, $110 There is no greater…
The Quest for the Historical Mary
Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotionby stephen j. shoemakeryale, 304 pages, $28 The Virgin Mary is…
The Last Great Homilist
Ronald Knox:A Man for All Seasonsedited by francesca bugliani knoxpontifical institute of medieval studies, 416 pages, $65…
Figure It In
Time and the Word:Figural Reading of the Christian Scripturesby ephraim radnereerdmans, 326 pages, $50 Moderns are accustomed…
Invisible President
We Are the Change We Seek:The Speeches of Barack Obamaedited by e. j. dionne jr. and joy-ann…
Sanguine
Requiescat in pace, Father Jacques HamelMartyred at the church of St. Étienne,Named for the first martyr. Before…
The Book of Revelation: A Class Lesson
during the years i taught scripture to adults— i would tell them this is my favorite book…
Stealing Pears
Iniquity, O Lord, can be delicious:always in season, always tender, sweet,blushing, and aromatic. Not capriciousit always hangs…
