January 2018
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Briefly Noted
Bonds of Wool: The Pallium and Papal Power in the Middle Agesby steven a. schoenig, s.j.catholic university…
Neuhaus Was Right
As the Berlin Wall fell, Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the end of history—“the universalization of Western liberal democracy…
What Manner of Adult?
One of the few things liberal and conservative educators agree on these days is that college students…
Protestants and Contraception
Protestants are not known for their familiarity with papal encyclicals. We pride ourselves in doing things our…
Dispatches from Russia
Some little while ago, I found myself sitting in the grounds of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow,…
Redemption Camp
The revelation is said to have occurred on Willoughby Street in Ebute-Metta, a slum on the Lagos…
Letters
PROTESTANT PARANOIA? R. R. Reno confirms Samuel Gregg’s suspicion that First Things is tempering its embrace of…
The Zealous Faith of Secularism
Begin with a sobering fact. During the past ten years, some of the sharpest observers of our…
Evangelizing the Nones
By far the fastest-growing “religious” group in the United States is the “nones,” that is, those who…
The First Sexual Revolution
Epictetus was the sort of figure that only the Roman Empire could have produced. He was born…
Padre Mestizo
On September 11, 2017, between midnight and dawn, a statue of Fr. Junípero Serra—whom generations of California…
Popery and Sedition
Gunpowdera miniseries created by ronan bennett, kit harrington, and daniel westbbc one Though its preeminence has been…
Be Literal
A Book of American Martyrsby joyce carol oatesecco, 752 pages, $29.99 A Book of American Martyrs, Joyce Carol…
Jesus for Muslims
The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslimsby mustafa akyolst.…
Poet in History
Miłosz: A Biographyby andrzej franaszektranslated by aleksandra parker and michael parkerbelknap, 544 pages, $35 The impression left…
War Against Fathers
The New Politics of Sex: The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Powerby stephen…
You’ve Raised a Missionary
At Louis Armstrong Airport, Jason takesMy black-clad arm as we approach the gatesWhere no Saint Peter stands…
Wasted Time
You’d think that after New Year’s boozy kisses,Back-slapping, and effusions in confetti,The last hors-d’oeuvres and passes at…
Chicken
(As in the movies, when the traffic swerves and skids to miss the hero in its way…
Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds
Beyond the window, morning sparrows made Their song as if the whole world’s goodness paid Its plenty…
In Secular Saeculorum
If all the oughts and nots given by GodAre excommunicated from debate,Except in terms of conscience which…
Saint Martha and the Dragon
Never a housewife weary and embattledLooked up with more heartfelt dismay to hearHer lord’s rebuke. Her eyes…
