June/July 2015
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Romans 8:19–22
In a moment, another Auseinandersetzung with the indefatigable Edward Feser; but first a small prolepsis: A reader…
Not Quite Nihilism
Believing in absolutely nothing is harder than it looks. The ultra-skeptical Arcesilaus, head of the Platonic Academy…
Letters
BARTH’S LEGACY I am grateful to Phillip Cary for his admirable review of my book Reading Barth…
The Power Elite
As the dust from the recent explosion over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act begins to settle, one…
The Church of Darwin
Right from the start, Darwin’s theory was about much more than scientific truth. Darwin himself believed that…
Our Carrie Nation
The spectacle made me think of Prohibition, the last time rich white progressives imposed their moral views…
Frequencies of Thought
This essay is a response to Stephen Meredith’s article, “The Three Fausts.” Peter Thiel also responded to Meredith,…
Freedom within the Disciplines
Faculty often quarrel over curricula. That’s as it should be. A curriculum, especially its core courses required…
The Future of Democratic Capitalism
In the eighteenth century, a host of thinkers began to use the compound term “political economy” to…
Against Edenism
The future will look very different from the past. The Garden of Paradise will culminate in the…
The Three Fausts
n We live in an age of science and technology. To say this means more than acknowledging…
Out of a Dark Wood
How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History’s Greatest Poem by rod dreher …
Heart’s Knowledge
Disability, Providence, and Ethics: Bridging Gaps, Transforming Lives by hans s. reinders baylor, 248 pages, $49.95 What…
Voting Conscience
Law’s Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society by cathleen kaveny georgetown, 304 pages, $29.95 Emerging…
Briefly Noted
Love Is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive prepared by the archdiocese of philadelphia and the pontifical…
A New Era
God’s Planet by owen gingerich harvard, 192 pages, $19.95 According to a famous formulation of Stephen Jay…
A Wilder Feminism
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by laura ingalls wilder edited by pamela smith hill south dakota historical…
No Matter Where You Go . . .
She texts atop Mount Washingtonthen switches to her headphoneswhen she descends the gulches ofthe presidential deadzones. Her…
Lachlan Campbell’s Land
This is the home he wants: his own,chosen twenty years agoout of a bone-deep needto fill a…
Spoonspell
From the dank deeps under dampened compost, to my amazement, there now emerges almost unspoiled…
The Genghis Firmament
Suspended archery of nightkeeps a resplendent distanceslowly circling the Earth. Just odd long spittlestreaks from dark iron…
