June/July 2023
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Don’t Spare the Rod
I teach in the most crime-ridden neighborhood in my city. I am not the best teacher in…
Letters
The Night Is Far Gone My deep thanks to Brad East for his piece on doing theology…
Our Lady of Azakh
There’s a curious little church in the Syrian city of Derik. The Church of Our Lady (kanisat…
Stay Outside
When I first moved to Toronto, I used to pass a certain office building on my way…
The Continuing Relevance of the Donatist Controversy
Perhaps only a few potential readers are interested enough in an essay titled “The Continuing Relevance of…
The Simplest Jew
Once upon a time, goes an old Hasidic tale, the great Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev was…
Angel of New York
On days when the world to me is desolation; when I cannot sit in my seat, or…
Benedict’s Dilemma
In his 2005 Christmas address to the Roman Curia, the recently elected Pope Benedict XVI said that…
Christ-Like Holden Caulfield
When I recently ventured to say to an old acquaintance of mine, an academic mandarin who teaches…
Defining Religion in the Court
Here is a snapshot that captures an increasingly important issue in law and religion in the United…
Permanent Revolution
Why is our collective mood so sour? We are awash with material wealth, and technology provides us…
1619 Rightly Understood
African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Idealsby david hackett fischersimon & schuster, 960 pages, $40 One…
Briefly Noted
Studying with Miss Bishop:Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Lifeby dana gioiapaul dry, 184 pages, $16.95 Dana Gioia…
Fukuyama v. Fukuyama
Liberalism and Its Discontentsby francis fukuyamafarrar, straus and giroux, 192 pages, $26 To the general public, Francis…
Kafka’s Trials
The Diaries of Franz Kafkatranslated by ross benjaminschocken, 704 pages, $45 The job of a translator is…
He Was Afraid, and Began to Sink, and Cried Out
Peter: you doubt, you sink. Your waveringPetrifies. Remember even the heavingSea keeps faith with those that keep…
Litany of the Cross
Save us, O Holy Cross. Signpost of the times,Gnomon of the age,Axes of creation,Save us, O Holy…
Postcard: The Swans at the Royal Botanic Gardens
“But are they sad?” I overheard her say.No more than fiveUp North with mum for the August…
