Public Life

The Songbook of the New Christian Right

You want to know what’s energizing a new Christian right? Check out what they are singing. Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2023

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #12

The basic sociological fact of Christianity in the late-modern world is that the Christian communities that have offered the Rogerian Christ are moribund or dying. Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2023

Providence and Power of Jewish Leaders

by Mark Bauerlein

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik joins the podcast to discuss his new book Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2023

I Bought A Haunted Bookshop

by John Byron Kuhner

You can tell it is a real bookshop because a cat lives there, classical music plays on the radio, and it is haunted. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2023

A Benediction for Mimi

by Joshua T. Katz

I like to imagine that Mimi, who died some forty hours after her great-granddaughter’s benediction, is now discussing the matter with Poppi over heavenly drinks and dinner. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2023

The Synod on Synodality at the Halfway Point

by George Weigel

Over the past three weeks, it has become obvious that Synod-2023 is largely an assembly of Church professionals, and a narrow band of Church professionals at that. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2023

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #11

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

Authentically Christian accompaniment has a direction and destination, namely, Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2023

The Cure to Our Social Breakdown

by Seth D. Kaplan

It is much easier to maintain your beliefs in the natural and enchanted worlds if you live in a community where everyone else does too. Continue Reading »

24 Oct 2023