June/July 2014
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Dating Books
One of the pleasures of recording on the inside cover of a book the date you finished…
Going to Church in America
We are late for church. It’s Sunday morning in Charlottesville, Virginia, and we’re late for church. I…
Roland in Moonlight
In my dream, I had just entered the sitting room of my house. It was still several…
Letters
Putin, Catholicism I was rather disturbed by R. R. Reno’s column “Global Culture Wars” (April). I understand…
Not So Secular Sweden
It’s 4 a.m. and I’m in an eighteenth-century Swedish castle that has been transformed into an ecumenical…
Marriage Equality
We need marriage equality now! The inequality is stark. Wealthy people tend to get and stay married.…
The Good of Government
In his first inaugural address, President Reagan announced that “government is not the solution to our problem;…
Recasting Religious Freedom
Few among us concerned for the defense of religious freedom can doubt that these have become dark…
Karl Barth’s Failure
Karl Barth was the greatest theologian since the Reformation, and his work is today a dead letter.…
Empire of Desire
These days a man can wake up and say, “Enough! I’m tired of fighting against my innermost…
Briefly Noted
Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade by clarke d. forsytheencounter, 496 pages, $27.99…
Saving Contradiction
Rav Kook: Mystic in a Time of Revolution by yehudah mirsky yale, 288 pages, $25 Yehudah Mirsky’s…
Romantic Religion
The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism by louis dupré notre dame, 400…
Rules Not Virtue
The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government by philip k. howard norton,…
Faith’s Desire
God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay ‘On the Trinity’ by sarah coakley cambridge, 384 pages, $29.99…
Liberal Disdain
The Revolt Against the Masses: How Liberalism Has Undermined the Middle Class by fred siegel encounter, 240…
Slowdown
On your thirtieth birthday, you find that your clothes Belong to someone slimmer. It’s like only your…
Smoky Sky
The skies are sick, a feverish, jaundiced gray,malodorous with foul effluviadissembling skyline and the light of day—crepuscular,…
The Father Cals
Or here’s a story. One time when I was an altar boy A missionary priest arrived at…
Elder Iosef’s Rules for Hermits
Wake at four o’clock, Byzantine time.Attend to yourselves.Recall that all is vanity.Say together Matins.At the First Hour,…
Growth
One who’d been my friendly Granwas now mostly barred from me,accomplishing her hard deathon that strange farm…
Slowdown
On your thirtieth birthday, you find that your clothes Belong to someone slimmer. It’s like only your…
