The Future of Christianity in Europe
by Alessandra BocchiThe rise of Islamist terrorism has made once-fringe conservative parties stress their Christian identity. Continue Reading »
The rise of Islamist terrorism has made once-fringe conservative parties stress their Christian identity. Continue Reading »
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 »
Pseudo-liberalism seeks to turn upside-down the value system of the civilization that once was Christendom. Continue Reading »
The United Kingdom has now begun the process of breaking up. Continue Reading »
In 2011, I reviewed what was then Adam Zagajewski’s recent collection, Unseen Hand. In it, the poet, then in his mid-sixties, turned toward themes of life and death, loss and preservation. My review was laudatory. After its publication, a friend passed it along to Zagajewski, who on his . . . . Continue Reading »
Catholics used to say humorously—back when mutual toleration among Christian churches, or between Christian and non-Christian persuasions, was not yet an admission of religious indifference—that no faith was so close to the truth, nor so manifestly erroneous, as Anglicanism. This is how . . . . Continue Reading »
Abortion and gay marriage have entered Northern Ireland by the back door. Continue Reading »
Michel Houellebecq books are documents of an internal forensics of human decline that happen to take the form of stories. Continue Reading »
The achievements and influence of the transatlantic alliance are at risk. Continue Reading »
The forced closures of Austrian religious houses struck at the country's Catholic roots. Continue Reading »