In Moving Beyond Ritual , Rabbi Ben Greenberg reflects on “a different paradigm for Jewish inclusiveness.” In the article, today’s second “On the Square” feature, the Orthodox rabbi of Harvard Hillel argues that For a generation we have relied on shared ritual. . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times just announced this “breaking news alert”: In an upset, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan elected president Tuesday of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, defeating a vice president who had been widely expected to win the job. . . . . Continue Reading »
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This past weekend a group of fifty Catholic bishops and sixty priests attended a conference to discuss how to discern of an individual is truly possessed by a demon and how to conduct an exorcism when needed. Reflecting on the meeting, Baptist theologian Albert Mohler explains why there no . . . . Continue Reading »
The encyclopedia people asked for my view on the election and such. So I gave them a version of wisdom you’ve already received. . . . . Continue Reading »
A new book on religion came out recently, America’s Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us . Written by Robert Putnam of Bowling Alone fame, along with David Campbell, the book is chocked full of data and charts, along with the Aunt Sue and Uncle John anecdotes that many put into popular . . . . Continue Reading »
In Why Marxism Always Fails , today’s first “On the Square” article, Elizabeth Scalia explains why the Marxist ideal always fails, and identifies the only place (or the only people for whom) it is likely to work. Coming shortly as today’s second “Square” article: . . . . Continue Reading »
Closing this weekend in New York City is Storm Theatre’s production of Noon Divide , the final installment of their Paul Claudel Project at the Theatre of the Church of Notre Dame. Storm Theatre (particularly their artistic director Peter Dobbins) is to be commended for tackling such a . . . . Continue Reading »
This is getting hilarious. As I have reported from time to time, liberal outlets like the NYT and LA Times editorials decry those who raise concerns about rationing under Obamacare—and then they push rationing.This time around the mulberry bush, NYT pundit and liberal economist Paul Krugman . . . . Continue Reading »
A couple of days ago I did a post called “Why Love the Church” wherein I analogized from some words of G. K. Chesterton to the effect that we ought to love the church simply because she is the church, the bride of Christ and mother of the faithful. In that quote Chesterton . . . . Continue Reading »
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