R.R. Reno is editor of First Things.
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R. R. Reno
The world’s favorite way to curse is to praise. . . . . Continue Reading »
The recent encyclical on social doctrine, Caritas in Veritatae, has raised interesting questions about international cooperation and development. I’ve certainly had some good conversations. But I’ve been struck by a fairly widespread lack of acquaintance with War, Progress, and the End of History: Three Conversations Including a Short Story of the Anti-Christ by Vladimir Solovyov (1853“1900). It’s a book that is worth knowing, not the least because it bears directly on a central theme of Caritas in Veritatae: “humanity’s journey towards unity.” … Continue Reading »
The postmodern vision of peace: If nothing is worth fighting for, then nobody will fight. . . . . Continue Reading »
Karl Barth sometimes tempts me to imagine that I’m talking about God when I’m talking about theology in a loud voice. . . . . Continue Reading »
Strange times: We diet to narrow our waists, but we think our sexual desires fixed and unalterable. . . . . Continue Reading »
The cultural revolution of the Sixties was brewing in the Fifties. Bourgeois hypocrisy was no longer sincere. Discrete winks were on their way to head shaking nods. . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s not kid ourselves. Vices leave lasting scars. Repentance cauterizes; it does not erase. . . . . Continue Reading »
Some people are so lucky that they are indifferent to the good fortune luck provides. . . . . Continue Reading »
Death may punctuate, but life’s the sentence. . . . . Continue Reading »
Stanley Fish wears fancy spurs, but he never rides outside the circus ring. . . . . Continue Reading »
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