Queen Elizabeth, Servant of God

by Rowan Williams

Royal anointing is at its most important level a gift of the Holy Spirit—there is not doubt that this is exactly what Queen Elizabeth believed about her role.  Continue Reading »

12 Sep 2022

70 Years of Queen Elizabeth II

by Dan Hitchens

So much did Queen Elizabeth II represent the nation that with her death most Britons feel a part of their identity, their footing in the world, has been lost. Continue Reading »

9 Sep 2022

Shadi Hamid on Islamism in Modernity

by R. R. Reno

Shadi Hamid joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2022 issue, “How Modernity Swallowed Islamism.”  Continue Reading »

9 Sep 2022

Why the World Loved Queen Elizabeth

by Phillip Blond

As a world queen of a Christian monarchy and the inheritor of a Christian empire, Queen Elizabeth II upheld and tried to serve the common good of the whole world. Continue Reading »

9 Sep 2022

The Quiet Faith of Queen Elizabeth II

by Carl R. Trueman

We British are diminished by Queen Elizabeth II's passing. And the world is surely diminished, too, having lost one of its precious few heads of state worthy of respect.  Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2022

The Spiritual Stakes of The Rings of Power

by Alexi Sargeant

What I care most about, along with many other fans, is whether The Rings of Power fits with the spirit of Tolkien’s legendarium. My answer, so far, is a tentative yes. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2022

Vocation in the Second Half of Your Life

by Daniel P. Moloney

I push back whenever a young woman tells me her vocation is to get married and have kids. Her vocation is not so limited. She may be called to marriage, but she’s also called to prepare for the life to come by prayer and sacrifice, by renouncing the things of this world, by thinking of what is above. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2022

Padre Pio Saved My Life

by Jayd Henricks

Shia LaBeouf speaks with raw, unassuming language about the transforming grace of conversion. The actor is drawn to the old Mass because of its intrinsic merits.  Continue Reading »

6 Sep 2022

God's Holy Nation

by Peter J. Leithart

Observing the online reaction to my column, I fear I was misunderstood. Some apparently read it as a brief for the primacy of the “spiritual” over the “political.” That isn’t my view. I advocate instead the deconstruction of the spiritual/political dualism and the primacy of ecclesial politics. Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2022

The Cancellation of Dr. Nassif

by Carl R. Trueman

Dr. Bradley Nassif’s reasoned, orthodox views on marriage and human sexuality have cost him his career at North Park University, an institution formally connected to the theologically conservative Evangelical Covenant Church. Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2022