We’ve decided to experiment with extending our reposting of On the Square pieces to reposting items from our hosted blogs. Usually this should only include posts from that day; today, however, I’ll also highlight some pieces from a few days ago. Let’s start: Over at Postmodern . . . . Continue Reading »
“When leaders in various fields ask me for advice, my response is always the same: dialogue, dialogue, dialogue.” So Pope Francis said during his visit to Brazil in the first days of his papacy. After two recent interview with La Repubblica and La Civiltà Cattolica . . . . Continue Reading »
After many years of comparing manuscripts, compiling chants, and refining translations, the treasures of the Dominican chant tradition have at last been compiled into an impressive new hymnal for the Divine Office, the traditional prayer of chanted psalms, which sanctifies the hours of the day. For . . . . Continue Reading »
Anyone who understands logic could see this kind of thing coming, but it’s still a shock. A Belgian transsexual woman chose to be euthanized , which is to say, killed by a doctor, when her operation didn’t work out. From the Daily Mail story Wesley Smith reports: Nathan Verhelst, . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s something that makes me wish I had a research leave coming up. The Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey, has announced a year-long project on law and religious freedom, which it will host in cooperation with Princeton University’s program in law and public . . . . Continue Reading »
James R. Rogers’ recent essay “Credit the Calvinists” asks why Calvinists and not Lutherans have become the public faces of the doctrine of predestination. “For whatever reason,” he writes, “Lutherans are not widely identified with predestinarian . . . . Continue Reading »
The Pew Religion and Public Life Project released its most recent survey yesterday, “A Portrait of Jewish Americans.” It turns out that Jews, who make up a little less than two percent of the population, mirror larger trends in American religious life. For example: The Rise of the Nones: . . . . Continue Reading »
Don Jon Jackson Cuidon, Christianity Today The Sagrada Familia in 2026 The Age A Theological Wreck Russell D. Moore, Moore to the Point On Listening to the Pope Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Catholic New World John Hollander, 1929—2013 David Yezzi, New Criterion . . . . Continue Reading »
So Yuval agrees with me that the Republicans, at present, don’t have the MANDATE to stop Obamacare, especially through stopping the government. Here are his most controversial words, in my opinion. I present them for your consideration: The shutdown itself is not a catastrophe, though it . . . . Continue Reading »
I think Beinart’s article should be read in light of this College Republican report on the attitudes of young voters. Young voters are more ideologically ambivalent than Beinart lets on. A larger fraction of young voters have “conservative” positions on major issues than . . . . Continue Reading »
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