Liberal Literature
by Mark BauerleinAndrew Zwerneman joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Life We Have Together: A Case for Humane Studies, A Vision for Renewal. Continue Reading »
Post-Catholic Ireland on Screen
by John DugganWith the referendums on marriage and abortion comfortably won, with gender self-ID written into law, where next for a country that has staked its new identity on a maximalist adoption of liberalism? Continue Reading »
The Privatization of the Truth
by W. Joseph DeReuilBy dropping core requirements, universities are choosing license over formation. Continue Reading »
The Power of Reality
by John HaldaneThe currency of moral, political, and social philosophy, as well as other forms of abstract theorizing, is ideas. They deal not with reality as such, but with representations and explanations of it, and often with recommendations as to how reality should be arranged. Continue Reading »
Christianity Is Not Merely Another Identity
by Ismail RoyerTruth does not seek to “feel included” with falsehood. It does not seek to be “treated with respect,” as falsehood is respected. Continue Reading »
The Irreligious Right
by Nathan PinkoskiIn a series of short but incisive essays, Matthew Rose, a frequent contributor to First Things, examines five thinkers of the radical right: Oswald Spengler, Julius Evola, Francis Yockey, Alain de Benoist, and Samuel Francis. Why study a set of thinkers with dubious ideas, whose lives contain . . . . Continue Reading »
Shared Loves and Strong Loyalties
by R. R. RenoIn this historical moment, full of the confusion and danger that attend the collapse of a governing consensus, we need something more than liberalism. Continue Reading »
How Google Saves Liberal Democracy
by Peter J. LeithartThe digital-government complex is animated by a utopian dream. Google wants to change the world, which means changing people. Continue Reading »
The Church Among the Deathworks
by Carl R. TruemanIt is one thing for someone unaware of the biblical narrative to adopt the rainbow. It is quite another thing for Christians, especially priests and ministers, to use the rainbow as a means of acknowledging the LGBTQ movement. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—September 2021
by EditorsOur editors reflect on the future of American foreign policy, the Counter-Reformation, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and the work of Sergij Bulgakov. Continue Reading »
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