2022: Our Year in Books

by Various

We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable books they read this year. Continue Reading »

30 Dec 2022

An Anthem for Postliberals

by Peter J. Leithart

Chesterton's “O God of Earth and Altar” condemns the corruptions of money in a market that puts a vulgar price tag on the priceless. Continue Reading »

6 Dec 2019

All About Evangelicals

by John Wilson

What struck me on this encounter with G. K. Chesterton’s The Innocence of Father Brown is how often in these stories “evangelical” is used as a term of scorn. Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019

Chesterton and Trump

by Mark Bauerlein

In this episode, Dale Ahlquist joins Mark to discuss G. K. Chesterton’s life and legacy—and what he would have made of today’s populist movements. Continue Reading »

6 Sep 2019

The Impermanence of Place

by K. E. Colombini

Our throwaway culture has come to include entire buildings. Everywhere one looks, one senses the impermanence of place. Continue Reading »

17 May 2018

On Being Truly Dogmatic

by Robert P. Imbelli

Dogma is neither dull nor dusty—it is the very person of the redeemer, in whom truth and charity form a seamless garment.  Continue Reading »

9 Jan 2018

Chesterton the Activist

by John M. Howting

James O’Keefe, known for his video exposés of ACORN, NPR, and CNN, discusses his appreciation of G. K. Chesterton.  Continue Reading »

23 Oct 2017

Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”

by George Weigel

Pivotal Players is a follow-up to Bishop Barron’s immensely successful ten-part mega-series, Catholicism, the most compelling presentation of the symphony of Catholic truth ever created for modern media. Key figures in Catholic history appeared throughout the original series to illustrate this truth of the faith or that facet of the Catholic experience. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2016

What We've Been Reading—12.4.15

by Editors

In a recent address in New York, Martin Mosebach, winner of the Georg Büchner Prize, Germany's most prestigious literary award, described the metaphysical outlook of his countrymen: “In Germany we like to distinguish between the glistening surface and the deeper values.

4 Dec 2015

The Catholic Fantastic of Chesterton and Tolkien

by Ralph C. Wood

It is often assumed that G. K. Chesterton and J. R .R. Tolkien were reactionary, antimodern writers. In a certain sense they were. Tolkien regarded nearly everything worthy of praise in English culture to have ended in 1066. He scorned the imposition of Norman culture on a vibrant English tradition . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Jan 2008