Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Delight in the Good
I’m tempted to concur with the diagnosis of our current malaise offered by Carl Trueman: “[E]ntertainment is…
Lund and the Quest for Christian Unity
Next month, on October 31, the eve of All Saints Day, Pope Francis will visit Lund, Sweden,…
The Conservative Lawyers versus the Never Trumpers
Just a month ago, in a harbinger of things to come, the conservative side lost in the…
Celibacy, Self-Acceptance, And the Extra Inkling
I’ve just finished Charles Williams’s 1937 novel Descent into Hell, which was recommended to me by a…
God and Brexit
Ever since the United Kingdom decided in June to leave the European Union, contending (and sometimes overlapping)…
No Man Would Be a Martyr for a Syllogism
Congratulations to Madison Michieli for winning second place in our second annual Student Essay Contest. Below is…
A Commendation of Leviticus
Christians don’t quite know what to do with Leviticus. Some parts, especially in the latter half of…
Every Day an Armageddon
During the mid-1970s I spent an academic year as a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow in…
Notre Dame’s Deal with the Devil
Tim Kaine is a Harvard Law graduate, but he and other pro-choice Catholic politicians owe much to…
Does French Culture Have a Future?
This interview of Pierre Manent, former director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences…
Understand the Enemy as He Understands Himself
This interview of Rémi Brague, professor emeritus at the Sorbonne and Romano Guardini Chair at the Ludwig…
Segregated in Death
In the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub massacre in June, Russell Moore lamented our inability to mourn…
Against Moral Complexity
In today’s divided moral landscape, with thoughtful, well-meaning people on both sides of every issue, there’s no…
“With Courage, But Without Hatred”
What accounts for the fact that our political leaders, from Francois Hollande on down, have a hard…
Sins of Their Fathers
Films with a theological bent never get far from the oldest question of theodicy: Why does a…
