The Migration of Mediation

by Peter J. Leithart

“Mutual mediation” is, in fact, what the Reformers meant by “priesthood of believers.”  Continue Reading »

26 Jan 2018

Paying With Wearables

by Aaron Belz

Everyday innovations—even our smart watches—can pose dangers of disembodiment.  Continue Reading »

4 Dec 2017

Our Secular Theodicy

by Matthew Rose

I live in Berkeley, one of the most religious cities in America. Its churches are being converted into mosques and Buddhist temples, but its one true faith endures. A popular yard sign states its creed: “In This House, We Believe: Black Lives Matter, Women’s Rights are Human Rights, No . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2017

Alice’s Oxford

by Peter Hitchens

The new Oxford, with its fair share of Starbucks and burger joints, is far more convenient than the old—but it is not such a good place in which to think and imagine.  Continue Reading »

10 Nov 2017

On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

by Charles J. Chaput

Believing Catholics and Protestants alike sit by the rivers of New Babylon, paradoxically linked in a love for Jesus Christ, but wrapped in a hundred forms of entangling captivity. Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2017

Prepping for an Amish Apocalypse

by K. E. Colombini

Modern civilization has largely lost touch with the natural world and its practical arts; perhaps this is why we create so many apocalypse stories.  Continue Reading »

25 Sep 2017

Catholicism in the Modern World

by Thomas Joseph White

An interview with Thomas Joseph White.  Continue Reading »

25 Aug 2017

Creatures in the Cosmos

by Brandon Tucker

However new space may be to humanity, we have not changed from the feeble creatures we always were. Continue Reading »

13 Jul 2017

What Del Noce Saw

by Michael Hanby

The Crisis of Modernityby augusto del nocetranslated by carlo lancellottimcgill-queens, 336 pages, $110 There is no greater ideologue, nor any more earnest in his self-delusion, than the pragmatist who thinks he is free of ideology. Our liberal elite is full of people whose unshakeable confidence in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2017

Evolving Toward Africa

by Peter J. Leithart

Modernity doesn’t have a single northern source. In some ways, the West is now catching up to Africa. Continue Reading »

21 Apr 2017