I don’t suppose it will be easy for Carl Trueman (“Turning Inward,” December 2019) and me to avoid talking past each other, but let’s give it a try. My book, The Meaning of Protestant Theology, is not an effort to engage with secondary literature. (Gerhard Forde? Never read him; don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Living between Britain and France, I am often surprised by how little each country looks to the other. They are separated by a narrow stretch of water, but they might as well be antipodes as far as commentators in each are concerned. Many of their social and political problems are so similar, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Every year, France’s Ministry of Culture publishes an official volume to commemorate major anniversaries in French history, covering past events as well as the lives of prominent personalities. Assembled by a team of historians and approved by the Ministry, the list mixes victories and failures, . . . . Continue Reading »
The forced dehydration of a patient in France affirms a deadly bioethics. Continue Reading »
DE GAULLE In “A Certain Idea of France” (April), Peter Hitchens goes too far when he concludes that de Gaulle was “the last stand of a great lost cause” of a Europe of independent nations: “De Gaulle’s desire for a Europe of independent nations, including a resurgent France, was doomed . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a desire in France to continue the heritage that preceded us, and which must continue after us. Continue Reading »
Michel Houellebecq: Il existe en France, beaucoup d’Américains l’ignorent sans doute, un mouvement pentecôtiste ; j’en ai pris conscience alors que j’habitais, à Paris, près de la Porte de Montreuil - un quartier alors pauvre, avec beaucoup d’immigrés récents. Attiré par . . . . Continue Reading »
Michel Houellebecq: Many Americans probably don’t know that a Pentecostal movement exists in France. I became aware of it when I was living in Paris near the Porte de Montreuil, at that time a poor neighborhood with a lot of recent immigrants. Drawn by posters, I went to several meetings, some led . . . . Continue Reading »
The disappearance of Notre-Dame suddenly reveals a need: The world, though distant from the Church, needs the Church. Continue Reading »
Notre-Dame is not merely a witness to the history of France; it is also a result of that history. Continue Reading »
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