June/July 2018
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Manual Manhood
I met men for the first time when I was eleven years old. My father left me…
Failing in Formation
The enrollment drop in American Catholic schools—from 5.2 million students in the 1960s to 2.5 million in…
Briefly Noted
Perseverance in the Parish?: Religious Attitudes from a Black Catholic Perspectiveby darren w. davis and donald b.…
The Savor of Science
Can people who are not scientists find a path to God through casual study of the physical…
Nuanced Patriotism
I love my country – I fear my government. I first saw that mantra as a bumper sticker…
Portals of the Past
When the Sight & Sound poll—the oldest and most prestigious film ranking—declared in 2012 that Vertigo was…
Our Pro-Life Future
A few years back, I saw an anchor on network news observe that the average age of…
Latimer and Ridley Are Forgotten
Hidden in the northern suburbs of Oxford are the last traces of a path first trodden by…
Card-Carrying Precadavers
It has been almost twenty years since I dissected a dead human body. It still seems strange:…
Let’s Lead, Not Be Led
Paul Ryan will not seek another term in Congress. No doubt the personal reasons he gave for…
Origami of the Soul
The modern state typically inspires two antithetical interpretations. Progressives see the state as a means to restrain…
A New Zionism
God’s Country: Christian Zionism in Americaby samuel goldmanpenn, 248 pages, $34.95 The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives…
Learning From Luther
The Making of Martin Lutherby richard rexprinceton, 296 pages, $27.95 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of…
Dem Bones
Ossa Latinitatis Sola ad Mentem Reginaldi Rationemque: The Mere Bones of Latin According to the Thought &…
Little Books of the Prairie
Prairie Fires:The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilderby caroline frasermetropolitan, 640 pages, $35 The Little House Books…
Mortal Frames
A Time to Keep: Theology, Mortality, and the Shape of a Human Lifeby ephraim radnerbaylor, 304 pages,…
Cold Prose
For this last half year I have been troubled by the disease (as I may call it)…
The Parting
This poem is dedicated to Hannah Overton, and to all women who have suffered forcible separation from…
Return to St. Thomas
Here we are, with four children, at late Mass, The nave a bloated hull of tin, the…
The Lesser Angels of Our Nature
The lesser angels of our present dangerArraign the better angels of our natureAnd rearrange the stature of…
Who Are We Not to Judge?
The precepts of the Lord are pretty clear—What’s right or wrong is plain enough to see.And yet…
