Are Lutherans Catholic?
by Mathew BlockDid the “Protestant Future” hubbub leave you longing for an Evangelical Catholic Church? It already exists. It’s called Lutheranism. Continue Reading »
Did the “Protestant Future” hubbub leave you longing for an Evangelical Catholic Church? It already exists. It’s called Lutheranism. Continue Reading »
A recent article in Christianity Today about Confucianism and Christianity in China called to mind the time several years ago when I taught an introductory class on Christian theology to recent Chinese converts to Christianity. Continue Reading »
Malaysian court has denied a newspaper of the Roman Catholic Church the right to refer to God as “Allah.” Continue Reading »
Nepal’s living goddess who still has to do homework
Sonia Narang, BBC News
For Muslims, Howard Gordon’s ‘Tyrant’ Is a Step in the Right Direction
Dean Obeidallah, Daily Beast
And Gladly Learn
Abigail Lavin, The Weekly Standard
James Joyce’s Untamable Power
James Longenbach, The Nation
Rebellion Vs. Conformity in ‘We Are the Best!’
Eve Tushnet, The American Spectator
Pope Francis opened an academic conference in Rome last week with a statement on religious liberty and the persecution of Christians. He reflected on the place of religious liberty in Catholic thought and decried religious discrimination across the world, particularly against Christians. Continue Reading »
Looks Like Kafka, Plays Like A Dream
Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Republic
Their Blood Cries Out
Mark Noll, Books & Culture
Iraqi Christians Flee Homes Amid Militant Push
Diaa Hadid, ABC News
Fortune’s Child
Lewis H. Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly
The Leopard
James Meek, London Review of Books
Shaka, When the Walls Fell
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic
Existential Woodchucks
Jeffrey Sconce, Ludic Despair
The Mercy of Sickness before Death
D. G. Myers, Good Letters
Theology and Other Catholic Sports
David Cloutier, dotCommonweal
Sneak Peek: Lila
Marilynne Robinson, Work in Progress
On William Hale White’s The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford Continue Reading »
To determine the crux of a contemporary issue, we must first determine the crux of history. Continue Reading »
The Death of Klinghoffer: If John Adams’s Opera Isn’t Antisemitic, How Can It Fan Antisemitism?
Tom Service, The Guardian
Philosophy Is A Bunch Of Empty Ideas: Interview With Peter Unger
Grace Boey, 3 Quarks Daily
Beauty Out of Madness
Theodore Dalrymple, The New Criterion
Champs-Elysées Film Festival Honors Indie Genius Whit Stillman
Talia Soghomonian, Collider
Criminal or Prisoner?
Eve Tushnet, Aleteia