Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Death of a Spy
After the death of John le Carré was announced a few days ago, a friend asked me…
Making God Real
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Tanya Marie Luhrmann joins the…
The Jealous God of Chanukah
I sometimes think that the hardest part of Judaism is its regimen of self-improvement. Moderate your appetites—no…
The Tragedy of Transhood
The fight to legalize same-sex marriage in America was a decades-long culture war. The transgender revolution has…
Honest Historiography
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Andrew Zwerneman joins the podcast…
Make America Good Again
American politics are chaotic these days. But if you want a glimpse into the future, take a…
Supremacy of the Court
The midnight religious liberty ruling from the Supreme Court last week—Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo—confirms…
Seventy-Five Years Ago in Silesia
In 2012, while visiting the German city of Trier, I stumbled upon the birthplace of Karl Marx.…
Revolution of the Self
Carl Trueman’s The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road…
Christianity and the Future of American Conservatism
One day last year, on a trip to Washington, D.C., I visited two museums: the National Gallery…
Christian Witness from the Cultural Margins
In the last century, our social order has been radically desacralized. Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer described this as…
The New Colonialism
The bank officer in Accra stared at me across the desk. He seemed intrigued, as if he’d…
The Costs of the Vatican’s Deal With China
On October 22, the Vatican renewed its 2018 provisional agreement with China. The two parties agreed to…
Ash
And in the end is all ash,the translation of our praiseto ruin, and to long daysand nights…
Divine Comedy
It is love that lamps illuminelove in rattled kettles’ steamstaccato love in car horns, squeaking brakeslove between…