Editors

Clues to the Encyclical II: A Long Tradition of Papal Teaching on Social, Economic, and Political Matters
Vincent J. Miller, America

God: She, He, or Gender Fluid?
Sean Curnyn, The Cinch Review

Rethinking Sex Ed in the Church
Cameron Cole, The Gospel Coalition 

Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead: A Pastor's Response to the Death of a Childhood Abuser
Mez McConnell, 20Schemes.com

People Who Cut Off Their Own Limbs (And Their Enablers)
Ian Tuttle, National Review. 

Smartphones, Tablets, and Christian Parenting
Russell Moore, russellmoore.com 

The Campus Crusaders
David Brooks, the New York Times. 

New events include a gathering in Turkey with the Ecumenical Patriarch and the 2015 Wilberforce Award ceremony. Continue Reading »

Habit of a Lifetime: Why Are Increasing Numbers of Women in Britain Becoming Catholic Nuns?
India Sturgis, The Independent

Killing Tsarnaev Accomplishes Nothing
Daniel Payne, The Federalist

The Moral Case for Snuffing Tsarnaev
Neal Dewing, The Federalist

Preacher with a Paintbrush
David Neff, Christianity Today

Polygamy is More Popular Than Ever
Samantha Allen, The Daily Beast

A Requiem for the Boy Scouts
Albert Mohler, Jr., albertmohler.com

Ordinary Christian Work
Tim Challies, Tabletalk Magazine

Childless! By Choice!
Heather Wilhelm, Commentary

Meanwhile, in Switerland
Fr. Gerald E. Murray, The Catholic Thing

Death Denial
Marc Parry, The Chronicle Review

Decline and Schism in Religion
Ross Douthat, The New York Times

Why Evangelicals Are Having Trouble Finding a Unified Voice in Washington
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post

I have been reading the Confederacy of Dunces. The story of its publication—rejection by publishers, reluctant discovery by Waker Percy, rapid critical and commercial success—is a familiar one, of course, and one that contains an editorial lesson. Toole submitted his manuscript to Simon and Schuster, where it was read by editor Robert Gottlieb. Gottlieb recognized the book's immense merits but viewed it as a little too pointless. Continue Reading »

From a Donatello exhibition to a high school seminar, here are some upcoming events in New York and around the globe. Continue Reading »

Frenemies
Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker

The Holiness of Hobitry
Adam Schwartz, The University Bookman

Virtual Reality as Moral Ideal
Matthew B. Crawford, The New Atlantis

In and Out
Frank Redpath, The Times Literary Supplement

Ireland's 40-Percent Solution
Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Art and Money
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

Selfies Say ‘Lonely'
Katrina Trinko, National Review

What's So Funny About Jim Gaffigan's Christianity
Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post