March 2018
Briefly Noted
With God in America: The Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit by walter j. ciszek, s.j. loyola,…
Blacklisted
I am the last living blacklisted Hollywood writer. I can’t prove this any more than I could legally…
The Two Universities
In January, news came out that Emory University received a $400 million gift from the Woodruff Foundation.…
Not Power But Glory
Jews and Christians alike pledge a higher loyalty that they honor in ways that seem incomprehensible to…
Political Supersessionism
Last spring I attended a conference at the newly established St. Olaf Institute for Freedom and Community,…
Letters
EVANGELISM While I appreciated Robert Barron’s 2017 Erasmus Lecture, “Evangelizing the Nones” (January), the bishop overestimates the…
End-Times Anxiety
An atmosphere of crisis envelops us. Political commentary has become hysterical, not just on clickbait Internet platforms,…
The Anti-Christian Alt-Right
As you may know, many young conservatives have left Christianity,” the message begins. “Although I was raised…
Eternal Rome
I was fifteen when I first saw Rome. One of my mother’s sisters had invited me to…
Believe, That You May Understand
In 1970, Michael Polanyi wrote an essay called “Why Did We Destroy Europe?” In it, he reflected…
Goodbye, Heraclitus
The political winds are shifting, and our elites are increasingly dismayed and disoriented. Voters throughout the West…
The Lost Modernist
David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poetby thomas dilworthcounterpoint, 432 pages, $39.50 The Sleeping Lord and Other Fragmentsby…
Illiberal Democracy
Demopolis: Democracy Before Liberalism in Theory and Practiceby josiah obercambridge, 222 pages, $24.90 Liberal democracy is a…
Sacred Sociology
The Sacred Project of American Sociologyby christian smithoxford, 224 pages, $28.95 Things wouldn’t be so bad if…
Utopian Temptation
Why Liberalism Failedby patrick j. deneenyale, 248 pages, $30 Patrick Deneen asserts that liberalism has failed. He…
Ecumenical Incorrectness
Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformationby kenneth j. collins and…
The Crown
The Prince, the Beloved,Upon whom God’s favor rests,Scourged to the point of death,Can we truly call Him…