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Against Whig History

“Just as if the world had existed merely for our sakes!” Continue Reading »

4 Jun 2016 0

Bill C-14 (now before the Senate) is about to thrust Canada into the brave new world of assisted suicide. The “right to die” has been sold to the public as a triumph for personal autonomy. This rhetoric of individual liberty, however, is belied by the bill’s disregard for the conscience rights of Canadians. Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2016 0

Public Displays of Piety

by Jordan Zajac

On a Greenwich Village street corner, amid a throng of man buns and designer sun hats, the priest held up the monstrance. Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2016 0

John Webster, 1955-2016: A Tribute

by Dale M. Coulter

Colin Gunton piped up, “Oxford? There are no theologians at Oxford.” I blurted out, “We have John Webster”—to which Gunton replied, “Right, well, Webster is an exception.” Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2016 0

Eating Locusts Will Be (Benedict) Optional

by Carl R. Trueman

Dispatches from a recent lecture by Rod Dreher.
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1 Jun 2016 0

Confident Pluralism: A Response

by John Inazu

I am grateful for Professor Carl Trueman’s engagement with Confident Pluralism, even though, as his review makes clear, his pessimism runs deeper than mine. Continue Reading »

31 May 2016 0

The Lady, Or the Lobster?

by Eve Tushnet

A new romantic comedy brutally satirizes our dictatorship of eros.

31 May 2016 0

What We've Been Reading—5.27.16

by Editors

Take the train to Brussels, walk across the Warendepark, and into the Berlaymont building. This is the home of the European Commission. Depending on which entomologist you consult, it is either the cocoon from which a new Europe will emerge or the center of a vast spider-web of regulation that is choking the continent.

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27 May 2016 0