On the Freedom of a Christian Rapper
by Onsi A. KamelJesus is King, Kanye West’s latest album, channels the theology of Martin Luther.
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Yeezus Follows Jesus
by Nic RowanJesus Is King, released on Friday, is Kanye West's first explicitly Christian album, calling into question his role as the nation’s resident “jackass.” Continue Reading »
All You Need Is Jesus
by John WatersThe movie Yesterday imagines a world without The Beatles. Continue Reading »
Kanye Goes Back to the Old Landmark
by Armond WhiteDenunciations of West show how brittle the nostalgic orthodoxy of black leadership has now become. Continue Reading »
Americans and the Arts
by Mark BauerleinFeaturing Sunil Iyengar on current trends in Americans’ engagement with the arts. Continue Reading »
Songs of Faith and Yearning
by John WilsonA recommendation for the folk duo Lowland Hum. Continue Reading »
The Imperial Conductor
by Allen C. GuelzoToscanini: Musician of Conscience by harvey sachs liveright, 944 pages, $39.95 When the first instruction manual for leaders of orchestras—Johann Mattheson’s Der vollkommene Capellmeister—appeared in 1739, it was a sign that the size of orchestral ensembles and the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Fate of Classical Music
by Mark BauerleinFeaturing Andrew Balio, principal trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, on the state of classical music in America today. Continue Reading »
The Man Who Stole the World
by John WatersBowie was a canary in the coal mine of post-1960s culture, plumbing its depths and soaring above almost everyone else. Continue Reading »
Ring, Catholic Bells!
by Terence SweeneyPerhaps the new evangelization begins with such small gestures as the ringing of church bells. Continue Reading »
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