They don’t look very Christian—those strange faces made of leaves, and those women displaying cartoonishly enlarged genitals on the walls of medieval churches. Most people who have explored the medieval architecture of Western Europe have heard a tour guide explain that a particular carving . . . . Continue Reading »
Christianity is an affair of things. The things we see and touch and smell are bearers of the living Christ over time. As inspiring and edifying as the works of great artists are—Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Matthew in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, . . . . Continue Reading »
In the history of Western thought, two conceptions of the soul have competed for dominance, one associated with Plato and the other with Aristotle. For the Platonist, your soul is the real you, and your body merely a vehicle to which it is temporarily attached—indeed, your body is a kind of . . . . Continue Reading »
Jack Kerouac’s Vanity of Duluoz is devoted to the cross. Continue Reading »
As it looks back to the light of Jesus, Epiphany also directs us forward to the eternal day. Continue Reading »
I grew up in northern Italy, in a Catholic household. For us, as for many Italian families, being Catholic was a matter of tradition rather than of faith. When I was young, I attended catechism in Milan, received my sacraments, and believed in God. But my parents did not teach me to practice a . . . . Continue Reading »
On this episode, Tom Holland discusses his book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World. Continue Reading »
Clive James—literary and film critic, poet, memoirist, travel writer, novelist, and cultural critic—died on November 24, 2019. Continue Reading »
Senator Lindsey Graham’s vote to block the Armenian Genocide resolution will only embolden Turkey and threaten the region’s Christians even more. Continue Reading »
Is Philip Pullman actually any good, or he just popular with the cultural elite because he is anti-Christian? Continue Reading »
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