Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Art Needs Faith
Tis the season of “The Artist”: On screen, in print, and on stage, the man of the…
Ireland Drained of Religion
Prophet Songby paul lynchoneworld, 320 pages, $30.28 In the U.K. and Ireland, no literary award is greeted…
Not Good To Be Alone
It is not good for a man to be alone. It wasn’t good for Adam, and it’s…
Søren
He is a churchyard. In his grasses, crossesHave blossomed once again, like quartered rosesThat know the real…
Pagan Hamas
Addressing senior SS officers in Poznań on October 4, 1943, Heinrich Himmler was in a cheerful mood.…
Anglicanism at a Crossroads
Orthodox Anglicans have something to cheer in this otherwise dismal year. On Ash Wednesday 2023, Anglican leaders…
German Catholicism: On the Brink or at the Cutting Edge?
On November 10, a “Synodal Committee” created by the recently completed German “Synodal Way” met for the…
Remembering Avery Dulles
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. During his life, Dulles…
A Voice of Sanity
This article is part of our 2023 year-end campaign series, featuring reflections from prominent authors on why…
Israel’s Virtues
On October 6, Israel was a divided nation. Massive anti-government demonstrations rocked the country for months. Hundreds…
Books for Christmas 2023
Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that…
Indi Gregory and the Future of Death on Demand
Italian actress Sibilla Barbieri recently left her native land in order to leave this world in Switzerland.…
Fight Together, Win Together
On Saturday, October 7, a band of Hamas terrorists breached an internationally recognized border and crossed into…
A Tragic Bent
Fragile Objects: Short Stories by katy carl wiseblood books, 318 pages, $15 In her collection of engaging…
A Day in the Life of a Columnist
Writing a column is a strange, many-sided enterprise. It is, first and foremost, a privilege: to be…
