Nathaniel Peters

Christianity Today has been asking that question in the past few issues of their magazine. This month they tapped former FT junior fellow Jordan Hylden, now a MDiv student at Duke Divinity School, to answer the question as applied to politics. If you notice the influence of a series of articles . . . . Continue Reading »

“So if someone were to come up with a catch phrase as simple and vague as ‘Yes, We Can’ . . . ” “Oh, awful. They would have an entire army of extremely energetic, insufferably annoying, mindless pawns at their command.” The Onion analyzes a new gripping problem: . . . . Continue Reading »

For those looking for hope in the heat of the election, here is a powerful sermon by a young Dominican training for the priesthood, Br. Jerome Zeiler, preached at a vigil for All Saints Day. Here are a few highlights: We are surrounded by darkness, the darkness of atheistic nihilism and the culture . . . . Continue Reading »

They get it right every time. Well, at least this time . . . . . Continue Reading »

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the convictions of things not seen,” the Letter to the Hebrews tells us. I couldn’t help thinking of that today when I scanned the list of articles on Real Clear Politics . A piece in Roll Call ponders which notes the discrepancy . . . . Continue Reading »

Today’s Los Angeles Times echoes the survey from Faith in Public Life , but mentions a small exception to the general trend: What we’re seeing in these three swing states is the end of the Catholic vote, as conventional political strategists traditionally have expected it to . . . . Continue Reading »

A few days ago, the Catholic News Service put out a notice about a survey from Faith in Public Life : The survey showed that young Catholic voters are the most pro-government among voters of any major religious group, even more pro-government than other surveys show the rest of the young population . . . . Continue Reading »

Or at least higher infidelity in 2006 than in 1991, says the New York Times . The noticeable shifts came in men and women over 60 and those under 35. One could say many things about the findings, but I was struck by the tone of a few sentences. One, in the print edition, summarized the article: . . . . Continue Reading »

The Collar by George Herbert I struck the board and cried, "No more; I will abroad! What? shall I ever sigh and pine? My lines and life are free, free as the road, Loose as the wind, as large as store. Shall I be still in suit? Have I no harvest but a thorn To let me blood, and not restore What I . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s the name of the seminar I just came back from. Run by the Acton Institute and held all over the country, these seminars provide a basic introduction to the intersection of Christian theology and free-market economics. If you (or someone you know) have wondered about how exactly to help . . . . Continue Reading »