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Opinion

Speaking of Unbelief

Ephraim Radner

There has been a spate of reports on disappearing churches, waning faith, changing religious attitudes, and the…

Black Nationalism

Derryck Green

Racial identity has been a priority for black Americans since the end of the civil rights movement.…

Letters

Various

Wokeism in Court I should begin by congratulating Frank Resartus on his excellent essay “Defeating the Equity…

Pedaling to Heaven

Liel Leibovitz

The most moving spiritual experience I’ve had in the past decade didn’t take place in the pews…

Saving Mankind

Hans Boersma

Inclusive language is exclusive; exclusive language is inclusive. That’s the oxymoronic truth I will argue here. So…

The Hypocrisy of Masks

Gilbert Meilaender

No, not the masks you assume I have in mind, the masks that have become such a…

Essays

Life Wins

R. R. Reno

The decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade offers great encouragement. The justices in…

A “Somewhere” Composer

Richard Bratby

It’s about a quarter to ten at night on August 17, 2019, and I’m standing outside the…

By the Sweat of Our Brow

Joshua Mitchell

After almost a century, what fruit has the conservative distinction between nature and history yielded? Many conservatives…

Christianity and Poetry

Dana Gioia

I When I became a man, I put away childish things. —St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 13 Most…

Reviews

Authoritative Homes

Charles L. Glenn

Liberal States, Authoritarian Families: Childhood and Education in Early Modern Thoughtby rita koganzonoxford, 224 pages, $74 Parental…

Briefly Noted

Rex Bradshaw

The Complete Poems of San Juan de la Cruz by st. john of the cross, trans. maría…

Made by God

Anthony Fisher

Unraveling Gender:The Battle Over Sexual Differenceby john s. grabowskitan books, 200 pages, $24.95 What is a human…

Melancholic Verses

Randy Boyagoda

Run and Hideby pankaj mishrafarrar, straus and giroux, 336 pages, $27 Twenty years ­after publishing his first…

The New Medievalism

John Duggan

The Bright Ages:A New History of Medieval Europeby matthew gabriele and david m. perryharper, 336 pages, $23.99…

The Right Right

Daniel McCarthy

Conservatism:A Rediscoveryby yoram hazonyregnery, 256 pages, $29.99 The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatismby matthew continettibasic…

Poetry

The Way It Goes

Paul Willis

That’s the way it goesfor amateurs and pros—the ball goes out of bounds.That’s the way it goes.…