The book of Genesis does not give an ultimate explanation of the origin of evil, for evil is at its heart not explicable or intelligible, just as darkness is by its nature not visible. It stems not from a positive presence but from an absence, not a reason but a form of unreason: a failure, a lack, . . . . Continue Reading »
Three events this past fall suggest the need to grapple with the nature of populism again, especially religious populism and its relationship to renewal and the life of the mind. While each of these events deal with different slices of Christianity (Pentecostal, Evangelical, and Catholic), they all . . . . Continue Reading »
Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. Over at Postmodern Conservative , we have a discussion of Strauss, Burke, and Lawler —and Pete Spiliakos indulges in some pop culture writing . What Peter Leithart is reading about: baptism , anti-government toys , maps , biblical theology , Randy . . . . Continue Reading »
So Paul Gottfried has written a long and fascinating comment on what I said about the Strauss-Burke conference. I think he confuses somewhat my own view with my sumary of Strauss’s, and everywhere he thinks I’m saying what Strauss didn’t, I think he’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Two old stories, but I just saw them, about a priest in the Bronx with unusual but attractive expressions of his calling: as a grower of hops and a provider of work making fashionable clothes. He also keeps bees for honey. Here is Brad Miner of the Catholic Thing on Father O’Connor . . . . . Continue Reading »
Church Realignment and the Search for Greener Grass Alan F. H. Wisdom, Juicy Ecumenism Turkey’s Glorious Hat Revolution Kaya Genç, Los Angeles Review of Books Commies for Christ Nathan Schneider, New Inquiry Communion for the Remarried: What’s at Stake Ed Peters, In the Light of . . . . Continue Reading »
Genesis tells us when the serpent spoke to the woman, her husband was with her (Gen. 3:6). Yet evidently Adam is silent . Why? I’m thinking we might learn how to answer this question from Ahab and Jezebel, whose story is similar in several respects. The crucial similarity is that the man knows . . . . Continue Reading »
National Review Online has posted an interview on What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense that I gave to Zachary Young, a reporter for the Yale Politic . Here’s a bit: Our argument can explain and justify at the level of principle (and not merely as a matter of . . . . Continue Reading »
“The Marxist ideology is wrong. But I have met many Marxists in my life who are good people, so I don’t feel offended,” says Pope Francis, in answer to a question about how he feels about “ultraconservative” critics of his Evangelii Gaudium calling him a marxist. . . . . Continue Reading »
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