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Opinion

Have No Fear

Liel Leibovitz

We Jews know death. Leaf through the Talmud, that treasure trove of rabbinic wisdom, lore, and law,…

Letters

Various

Union and Absolution Mark Bauerlein, in his insightful piece “A Less Perfect Union”(January), states that the “Southern…

Remembering Orchestra Hall

Timothy Jacobson

Going to a concert, like going to church or a nice restaurant or traveling on a plane…

The Table

Ephraim Radner

The Church’s Lenten disciplines have often been seen in terms of bodily divestment: giving up food, giving…

Tradismatic Trentecostalism

Clement J. Harrold

Steubenville, Ohio, home to Franciscan University, is a small city on the banks of the Ohio River…

Worthy of Life

James Fetter

I have always felt the need to justify not only my desire for basic human goods, such…

Essays

On Overruling Roe

Hadley Arkes

It is very much in the air now, with a deep hope on one side and a…

On the Threshold: Part II

Patricia Snow

It was at this point, at the very end of the Church year, inspired by a tremulous…

Priestly Poverty

Timothy J. Cusick

It was the beach house that got to me this time. When the priest abuse scandals broke…

Spendthrift Theology

R. R. Reno

Last summer saw the promulgation of Traditionis Custodes, a motu proprio that limited the celebration of the…

The Imagined Citadel

Matthew F. Rose

René Guénon was one of the twentieth century’s most important traditionalist thinkers, as well as one of…

Reviews

Briefly Noted

Various

Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knewby Hans BoersmaIVP Academic, 180 pages, $20 From the opening declaration…

Churchill in Barbary

Algis Valiunas

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudanby Winston Spencer Churchilledited by James…

Doubting Thomas

Edward Feser

The Failure of Natural Theology:A Critical Appraisal of the Philosophical Theology of Thomas Aquinasby Jeffrey D. JohnsonFree…

Insider-Outsiders

Joseph M. Keegin

The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Studyby Stefano Harney and Fred MotenMinor Compositions, 166 pages, $24 Whatever…

Liberal Islam

Gabriel Said Reynolds

Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Toleranceby Mustafa AkyolSt. Martin’s, 336 pages, $28 Islam,”…

Purveyors of Truth

Mark Bauerlein

The Summer of Theory:History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990by Philipp Felschtranslated by Tony CrawfordPolity, 280 pages, $30 For…

Saved by Books

Joseph Epstein

Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generationby…

Poetry

Petering

Matthew T. Warnez

A man does tireof beingcold. He nears the fire.But beingtold, he lets expirethe BeingBold. —Matthew T. Warnez