Notre Dame Students Against Porn
by Jim MartinsonDespite student wishes, Notre Dame has refused to implement an anti-porn Wi-Fi filter. Continue Reading »
The Augsburg Concession
by Robert BenneIn 1869, the faithful of what was to be the Lutheran Free Church named their seminary and college in Minneapolis after the Augsburg Confession, because they believed the Confession aligned with biblical truth. They were shaped by a Lutheran pietism that emphasized conversion, service to the church, . . . . Continue Reading »
Faith Amid Corruption
by R. R. RenoThe Catholic Church in the West is full of corruption—financial, sexual, and spiritual. We are forced to face this hard reality, not the least because the weak pontificate of Pope Francis offers so little of substance. The corruption that afflicts us does not arise from overpowering lusts. Our . . . . Continue Reading »
The Fraud of Higher Education
by Benjamin MyersUniversities stay relevant not by chasing the needs of the moment, but by addressing themselves to the lasting questions in human life. Continue Reading »
A Crisis of Credibility
by Mark BauerleinFeaturing Peter Wood on the chief problems in higher education today. Continue Reading »
Heresy at a Jesuit College
by Charlotte AllenA New Testament professor at the College of the Holy Cross has suggested Jesus was a “drag king” with “queer desires.” Continue Reading »
Notes from the Sibling Society
by John WatersThe “snowflakes” problem is the result of an absence not so much of adulthood as of grown-ups. Continue Reading »
Diversity and Meritocracy, Together
by R. R. RenoMost of our elite universities have been rigorous about merit from their inceptions. What’s changed is what counts as merit. Continue Reading »
The Slow and Steady Shrinkage of the Humanities
by Mark BauerleinHumanities professors have forgotten the first principle of undergraduate study in the humanities: inspiration. Continue Reading »
Sacred Sociology
by Richard SpadyThe Sacred Project of American Sociologyby christian smithoxford, 224 pages, $28.95 Things wouldn’t be so bad if the sacred project of American sociology were just the sacred project of American sociology. Allowances are made for sociologists. The problem is that all the human sciences as . . . . Continue Reading »
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