Faces of DeathHilary Ilkay, Lapham’s QuarterlyWhat Is It About Middlemarch?Kathryn Schulz, VultureThe Varieties of Religious EstablishmentWinnifred F. Sullivan and Lori G. Beaman, Political TheologyTo Combat Inequality, We Need SolidarityDavid Lapp, Family StuidesWho Is a . . . . Continue Reading »
“I’ve got a pen . . . “This thinly veiled threat to, in effect, legislate by executive edict, spoken by the President of the United States, should cause every friend of the Constitution, the rule of law, the separation of powers, limited government, and political liberty to . . . . Continue Reading »
Reader John McGinnis passes along this delightful old recording of an 18th Century ballad about a pliable priest, The Vicar of Bray. Some of you, particularly readers in the UK, may already know the song. It concerns an Anglican clergyman who manages to survive the shifting . . . . Continue Reading »
A couple of days ago, Rowan Williams addressed the matter of weddings becoming ever more extravagant events:Speaking at a debate entitled “Marriage: Love or Law” in London, the former Archbishop of Canterbury said that the “marketisation of marriage” must be curtailed.He . . . . Continue Reading »
As Christians reflect on The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, they should recognize the connection between prayers for God’s kingdom to come and prayers for Christian unity. These prayers must always be said together. Continue Reading »
I’ve been down with the flu, so not much from me this week,1. If I ran a national television news division, I would immediately hire Mollie Hemingway to do lengthy reported pieces.2. Imagine you are in your late teens or early twenties. You are in the top third of your age-group for intelligence . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan T. Anderson, former assistant editor of First Things, testified before the Indiana House Judiciary Committee this past Monday. A video and a transcript of his testimony have been published at Public Discourse today.Anderson focuses on three questions: “What is marriage, why does marriage . . . . Continue Reading »
At Postmodern Conservative, Carl Scott continues to talk about the decline of the English major.Peter Leithart is reading about: Christian kings (more here), morphic resonance, and bees.Here at First Thoughts, Greg Forster comments on the politics quiz, William Randolph Brafford offers a very short . . . . Continue Reading »
Isaac Chotiner hasn’t spent much time talking to religious folks, and he hasn’t read David Bentley Hart’s The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss, but he does think the book’s picture of God differs vastly from that of most believers:I cannot speak for . . . . Continue Reading »
From Hardcore, directed by Paul Schrader.N.B. A little high-proof language at the end, a lot of high-proof Calvinism . . . . Continue Reading »
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