Silent Night in Bethlehem
by Theophilos IIIWe long for the day when visitors can return once more to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »
The End of the Law
by Hans BoersmaWithout Christ shaping our judicial opinions and exegetical forays, the law will remain a dead letter for some, while serving as an excuse to impose a Great Reset for others. Continue Reading »
Catholic Coherence, Catholic Integrity
by George WeigelBishops who maintain the Church’s eucharistic integrity and coherence are not acting politically or punitively, but pastorally. Continue Reading »
Kosher Slaughter and the Dignity of All Creatures
by Rafi EisThe E.U. is concerned with minimizing pain, but in the process allows the human character to become indifferent to the loss of animal life. Continue Reading »
The Circumcision of Abraham’s God
by Brad EastToday is a day for peace, for today the church remembers Jesus, son of Mary, savior of the world and redeemer of all Israel. Continue Reading »
The Shema
by Leonard KriegelI recently read an interview with a writer who is, like me, in her mid-eighties. I was surprised by how vehemently she insisted that she never allowed herself to think about death. For even before my brush with death five years ago, at the age of eighty-one, thinking about my ultimate end had been . . . . Continue Reading »
Yoga: It’s About You
by Clemens CavallinThe word “yoga” has long had many meanings. In the 1899 Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, it is defined as either a yoke, team, vehicle, performance, device, incantation, fraud, work, or union; or it may mean abstract contemplation, meditation, or the union of the individual with the . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousI appreciated Sohrab Ahmari’s generous review of my book Live Not by Lies (“Resist in Truth,” November), and I credit his observation that what I deem “authentic liberalism”—tolerant and pluralistic—is difficult to sustain. But it’s hard to see any realistic . . . . Continue Reading »
Rethinking Religious Freedom
by Peter J. LeithartJonathan Fox, a professor of religion and politics at Bar-Ilan University, has produced one of the most complete, sophisticated, and systematic studies of global religious freedom available. Every conception of religious freedom, Fox claims, must answer fundamental questions about civil authority. . . . . Continue Reading »
L’affaire Voltaire
by Ephraim RadnerAmericans know little of Voltaire. French high-schoolers, by contrast, know him the way we once knew Thoreau and Whitman, before social justice eclipsed history as the rationale for our syllabi. Like America’s Liberty Bell, Voltaire’s tomb in Paris’s Panthéon is still visited by school groups . . . . Continue Reading »
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