Benedict Option

Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style

The Jewish community has a great deal more experience than the Christian community at operating independently of many of society’s boundaries. Continue Reading »

31 Mar 2017

Charles Taylor and the Communion of the Saints

by Dale M. Coulter

Taylor’s prescription for our secular age remains connected to his reading of Christian tradition, in particular his understanding of the communion of the saints. Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2017

The Benedict Option and the Way of Exchange

by Alan Jacobs

Debate over the Benedict Option has been conducted at the level of competing world-historical metanarratives. Instead, let’s focus on the local and personal. Continue Reading »

20 Mar 2017

In Praise of the “New Alarmism”

by Charles J. Chaput

When they suggest that something’s gone seriously wrong with our nation’s culture, and further suggest what American Christians might need to do about it, Dreher and Esolen have plenty of persuasive company. Continue Reading »

17 Mar 2017

A Cheap Shot on Chaput, Esolen, Dreher

by Mark Bauerlein

James K. A. Smith's attack on the so-called “new alarmism” is unfair and uncivil. Continue Reading »

14 Mar 2017

Hey, Joe!

by Carl R. Trueman

All American Christians need the Roman Catholic bishops to take a strong, public stand against politicians like Joe Biden who openly mock the teaching of the Church to which they claim to belong. Continue Reading »

12 Aug 2016

An Inquisition Is Not a Witch-Hunt

by David P. Goldman

Members of traditional religions became moral outlaws in the United States once equal rights for sexual preference and gender choice were enshrined in regulation and law. This Inquisition, though, will not be defeated by reasoned pleas but by concerted counterattacks. Continue Reading »

28 Jun 2016