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Opinion

Briefly Noted

Various

Tradition and the Rule of Faith in the Early Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph T. Lienhard,…

Letters

Various

Problematic Premises In response to John Haldane’s argumentum ad consummationem (“Against Erotic Entitlements,” April): Why shouldn’t it…

Note to Our Kindle Readers

R. R. Reno

Dear Reader, I am pleased to welcome you as one of our early Kindle readers. You may…

Grand Rounds with Jews and Jesuits

Peter Kahn

When I awoke at 6:00 a.m. to attend shacharit (the first prayer service of the day), I…

Death the Stranger

David Bentley Hart

Damian Michael Bentley (1834-1897) was the first cousin of one of my great-grandfathers (if I were patient…

Life on the Divide

Elizabeth Corey

On a typical afternoon, I drop off my eight-year-old daughter and her best friend at ballet lessons…

Reviving Sacred Sculpture

Catesby Leigh

The statue of a slender young John the Baptist, seated on a rock with a lamb at…

Essays

Love’s Greater Freedom

Thomas Joseph White

The following is a response to David S. Yeago’s “ Modern but Not Liberal .” The other…

Judaism and the Limits of Liberalism

Shalom Carmy

The following is a response to David S. Yeago’s “ Modern but Not Liberal .” The other…

The Reformation
Wrongly Blamed

Ephraim Radner

The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Societyby brad s. gregorybelknap press, 592 pages, $35.75 In…

Modern but Not Liberal

David S. Yeago

“Modern but Not Liberal” is one of three addresses given to a symposium on “After Liberalism,” put…

Peace After Genocide

Daniel Philpott

Every country that in recent years has moved toward democracy and peace first suffered large-scale assaults on…

Our One-Eyed Friends

R. R. Reno

It wasn’t a conclusion he thought he’d come to. When he was a young graduate student, Jonathan…

Reviews

The Revolt of the Right

Randy Boyagoda

Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to…

Creative Minorities

John L. Allen Jr.

Ecclesial Movements and Communities: Origins, Significance, and Issues by Brendan Leahy New City Press, 200 pages, $16.95…

Love’s Translations

Ann W. Astell

Song of Songs: Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible by paul j. griffiths brazos, 240 pages, $32.99…

Not Understanding Nothing

Edward Feser

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing by lawrence m. krauss free press,…

Redeeming Places

Jeremy Beer

Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today by craig g. bartholomew baker, 384 pages,…

Poetry

Now Sing, My Lovelies

Kevin Hadduck

Darlings, sing, and open-throated, send your voices, winged with high-flown praise, and raise, not merely roofs, but…

Juliet on Facebook

Kim Bridgford

I saw his Facebook picture, met for chat, And then the two of us said that was…

Last Night As I Lay Sleeping

Antonio Machado (Translated from the Spanish by Robert Schechter )

Last night as I lay sleeping, I dreamed”oh blessed art!” of fountain water leaping and flowing in…

Mother’s Day Remembered

Claudia Gary

Far from where your sharp glance and mine could meet, a laundromat on Rue des Pyrenées was…