November 2019
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The Dogmatic Principle
Last month I made a pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Church, the university church at Oxford, when I…
The Gift of Children
“Be fruitful and multiply.” (Gen. 1:28) r “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto…
The Vanity of Guilt
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, no political question has so deeply divided Europe, and especially…
Auschwitz Rightly Remembered
Catholics used to say humorously—back when mutual toleration among Christian churches, or between Christian and non-Christian persuasions,…
Letters
Liberal Democracy I read with much interest Bruce D. Marshall’s “No Liberal Home” (August/September). I applaud his…
How to Regulate Pornography
A thirteen-year-old with a smartphone in 2019 has greater access to pornography than the most depraved deviant could…
A Paper Church
John Henry Newman joined the Catholic Church on October 9, 1845, after concluding that the via media…
My Excommunication
How is it possible? A denomination so proud of its inclusivity. Have I advocated false doctrines? I…
Bourgeois Vice
While driving from Illinois to Iowa, Donald McCloskey had an epiphany. He had spent the previous night…
Hannah Arendt and Judaism
On the American “Jewish street” of the mid-1960s, you did not need to have read her work…
Catholic Ironies
The Irony of Modern Catholic Historyby george weigel basic, 336 pages, $30 In The Irony of Modern…
The Future Is Mixed
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majoritiesby eric kaufmann abrams, 624 pages, $35 At last count, 22…
The Original Nation
How to Fight Anti-Semitismby bari weiss crown, 224 pages, $20 Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in…
The Revenge of Maurras
L’avenir de l’intelligence et autres textesby charles maurras edited by martin motte bouquins, 1,280 pages, €32,00 Every…
Forged in Fire
Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedomby robert louis wilken yale, 248…
Briefly Noted
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biographyby carlos eire princeton, 280 pages, $26.95 It is…
Cutting Down Chrysanthemums
“What we call the beginning is often the endAnd to make an end is to make a…
Fermata
Let us go then, up the long stairs and down the hall,Through…
Waking in Dresden
After Richard Peter’s photograph of “Gute” Her shoulders slumped beneath their heavy cloak,Large hands outspread despite a…
The Remarkable Experience of Stephen H. Bradley of the Power of the Holy Spirit on the Second Evening of November, 1829.
After the wild revival in the naveI went home feeling stupid since the resthad got it. Why…
