Rhys Laverty (“Lady Scrooges,” December 2024) was perceptive in pointing out that women helped build today’s unforgiving cancel culture. On the other hand, the feminism responsible is not a misplaced maternal vice arising from what C. S. Lewis characterized as “intense family patriotism . . . . Continue Reading »
Gerald R. McDermott joins in to discuss his recent book, A New History of Redemption: The Work of Jesus the Messiah through the Millennia. Continue Reading »
Peter Kreeft joins in to discuss his recent book, God on Stage: 15 Plays That Ask the Big Questions. Continue Reading »
Robert Pondiscio joins in to discuss his articles, “How Public Schools Became Ideological Boot Camps” and “On curriculum and literacy, Texas gets it.” Continue Reading »
In 1979, a player for the Baltimore Orioles named Pat Kelly hit a home run and raised a finger in the air. A reporter later asked whether Kelly had meant to taunt the opposing fans. “I was pointing to my savior in the sky,” Kelly replied. “I was giving thanks to God almighty.” This gesture . . . . Continue Reading »
Should you believe in God? For many people, belief is a matter of faith. But let’s say you didn’t grow up with a religion, or you fell away from religion, and now are wondering whether that was the right choice. Is there a way to approach the question with reasoned analysis, as you would any . . . . Continue Reading »
A woman, sitting behind the wheel of her car, is hollering. She’s alternating between “why, why, why,” and “no, no, no,” all at the top of her lungs while slamming her fist against the steering wheel. Another is staring defiantly at the camera, like a TikTok Joan of Arc, while a . . . . Continue Reading »
From Moses to Moses, there arose none like Moses. This aphorism, popular in rabbinic literature from the Middle Ages until today, draws a comparison between the biblical legislator and his worthiest medieval successor. It is almost impossible to overstate the prominence, the influence, the . . . . Continue Reading »
A man who disbelieved the Christian story as fact but continually fed on it as myth would, perhaps, be more spiritually alive than one who assented and did not think much about it.” So claimed C. S. Lewis in his 1944 essay “Myth Became Fact.” Lewis insisted that myth lies at the heart of . . . . Continue Reading »
The translation of Biblical texts requires both philological competence and interpretive skill. Hard passages of scripture put these traits to the test. Consider the oft scrutinized words of Matthew 19:9. The New American Bible (1970, revised 1986) has: I say to you, whoever divorces his wife . . . . Continue Reading »
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