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The Enchanted Worlds of Alan Garner
From the first sentences of an Alan Garner novel, we’re disoriented, and Garner never lets us get…
Revolutionary Christian Cinema
Jesus Revolution, which releases in theaters today, tells the story of the southern California “Jesus Movement.” The…
Did Mary Have Agency?
Women and the Gender of Godby amy peelereerdmans, 286 pages, $24.99 “If God is Male, the Male…
A Fear-Filled Advent for Armenian Christians
Christians around the world are marking Advent, the period in the church calendar that anticipates Christmas. People…
Why Are We Free to Worship?
The latest installment of an ongoing series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Vincent Phillip Muñoz joins…
Miss Marple Returns
Marple: Twelve New Mysteriesby variouswilliam morrow, 384 pages, $28.99 Admirers of Agatha Christie have much to be thankful…
Dershowitz Cancelled
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Alan Dershowitz joins…
Christian Solidarity vs. Barbarism
CRACOW. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees have passed through this ancient cultural capital of Poland since…
What Is Next for the Evangelical Church?
Aaron Renn, author of the widely discussed “Three Worlds of American Evangelicalism” essay, responds to criticisms of his…
A Snapshot of the Culture in 2022
Faithful readers of this column may recall that I have subscribed to Publishers Weekly for decades, sometimes…
Greetings from the Rainbow Reich
It’s Pride Month. Former George W. Bush speechwriter and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson sees no downsides…
St. Paul and the Galatian Churches
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Matthew S. Harmon joins the podcast…
The Last Twentieth-Century Film
About halfway through Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s eponymous Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has a romantic encounter with…
Fly-Casting Before D-Day
With a gracious assist from former Kansas governor Sam Brownback, I had the privilege of a personal…
Is God a Therapist?
Archbishop Chaput recently wrote that holiness, above and beyond all other things, should mark the church and…
