For the last fifty years, from the Second Vatican Council onward, it made sense to speak of an American Catholicism fully reconciled to liberal democracy. On the fringes there were still some noteworthy anti-liberal and radical Catholic periodicals and writers, but the mainstream was defined by the . . . . Continue Reading »
Contrary to some analyses, Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option does not call for a retreat from political life. Continue Reading »
The Benedict Option: Whatever we label it, it is something to which all Christians everywhere are called. Continue Reading »
Published within months of each other, three books share the belief that traditional Christians are now a moral . . . . Continue Reading »
The Jewish community has a great deal more experience than the Christian community at operating independently of many of society’s boundaries. Continue Reading »
Taylor’s prescription for our secular age remains connected to his reading of Christian tradition, in particular his understanding of the communion of the saints. Continue Reading »
Debate over the Benedict Option has been conducted at the level of competing world-historical metanarratives. Instead, let’s focus on the local and personal. Continue Reading »
When they suggest that something’s gone seriously wrong with our nation’s culture, and further suggest what American Christians might need to do about it, Dreher and Esolen have plenty of persuasive company. Continue Reading »
James K. A. Smith's attack on the so-called “new alarmism” is unfair and uncivil. Continue Reading »
A U.S. military handbook shows that the transgender issue is not about bathrooms. It is about the triumph of Psychological Man and the comprehensive reconstruction of the world on that basis. Continue Reading »
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