“Sensus Fidei” and Fr. Martin

by Gregory Brown

The authority of the Church's teachings cannot be tested by consulting the inner senses of practicing Catholics—regardless of what Father James Martin, SJ believes. Continue Reading »

7 Aug 2017

Pontifex Minimus

by Paul V. Mankowski

Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivityby james martin, s.j.harperone, 150 pages, $19.99 Is sodomy a sin? Perplexed readers of Fr. James Martin, S.J.’s latest book will want to put the question to him, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2017

Our Cultural Waterloo

by Carl R. Trueman

The fate of American Christianity will be decided on college campuses. Continue Reading »

26 Jul 2017

Flag Wavers

by John Murdock

Like Flag Day, Christian environmentalist and “Earth Flag”-creator John McConnell may never get his due. Continue Reading »

14 Jun 2017

A Note on the Kentucky Decision

by Mark Bauerlein

The real issue at stake in Kentucky's religious liberty kerfuffle is not discrimination, but belief—a belief that will not bow to sexual progressivism. Continue Reading »

22 May 2017

Surveying Sex, Denying Childhood

by Carl R. Trueman

A survey administered by California schools makes children disclose their sexual behavior and marginalizes mom and dad. Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2017

Supreme Incoherence: Transgender Ideology and the End of Law

by Jeff Shafer

Does the federal law prohibiting “sex discrimination” forbid us to countenance the category of “sex”—and thus of “sex discrimination”? Can the rule of law survive a yes answer to question one? Continue Reading »

28 Mar 2017

The Right to Be Yourself?

by Douglas Farrow

If authentic naming or identifying is a strictly private, self-governed enterprise, what is there that is truly public? If my public persona is entirely under my control, and if I can die to my old self and rise to my new self any time I choose and in whatever manner I choose, and if indeed I am not to be burdened by my old “dead” name, as the Dean of Law says, in what sense is my persona public? Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2017

Time for Parents to Resist Transgender Activism

by Emily Zinos

With public schools fast becoming incubators of gender ideology, parents need to cast off their fears of entering the fray. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2017

Vulgar Deconstruction

by Mark Bauerlein

Back in the 1970s, when the humanities still set the intellectual tone for the college campus, it was common for advanced scholars to divide the personnel in two: There were those who understood High Theory and those who didn’t. New ideas and methods were in the air. Leading-edge journals and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2016