The Migration of Mediation
by Peter J. Leithart“Mutual mediation” is, in fact, what the Reformers meant by “priesthood of believers.” Continue Reading »
“Mutual mediation” is, in fact, what the Reformers meant by “priesthood of believers.” Continue Reading »
Everyday innovations—even our smart watches—can pose dangers of disembodiment. Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
An interview with Thomas Joseph White. Continue Reading »
However new space may be to humanity, we have not changed from the feeble creatures we always were. Continue Reading »
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 »
Modernity doesn’t have a single northern source. In some ways, the West is now catching up to Africa. Continue Reading »
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