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The Music of the Season
by Francis X. MaierThe etymology of the word “carol” is linked back to dances of joy and praise. The birth of humanity’s savior seems pretty clearly to warrant both. Continue Reading »
The Science of Adam
by Kenneth KempTheology seems to require a “first parent” of the human race. How does that square with recent findings?
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Rejoice in the Lord Always
by Gerald E. MurrayGaudete Sunday reminds us that the Lord is not far away, and his grace already fills us with a share in the eternal joy we so eagerly seek. Continue Reading »
Two Cheers for Utopia
by Peter J. LeithartBuckley was right. We don’t immanentize the eschaton. We don’t have to. God does. He already has, two thousand years ago, at a tomb outside Jerusalem. Continue Reading »
Turning from Calamity
by Hans BoersmaIt is as if heaven itself turns down to the earth, while simultaneously, the earth turns up to the sky. The kiss of righteousness and peace is the Advent kiss of the hypostatic union of God and man. Continue Reading »
From Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 to Beijing 2022
by George WeigelThe world media should shine a spotlight on China’s human rights abuses, its draconian methods of social monitoring, and its religious intolerance. Continue Reading »
St. Basil’s Guide to Cultural Appropriation
by James HankinsThe right pagan philosophers, above all the moral philosophers, can teach us how to escape from the prison of the body’s passions. Continue Reading »
Ratzinger After Vatican II
by Jean DuchesneEver since the ’60s, the theologian-pope has argued that the Church should make the most of contemporary culture. Continue Reading »
A Year of Reading: 2021
by John WilsonJohn Wilson recaps his year in reading, chronicling the books that stand out the most. Continue Reading »
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