It’s about a quarter to ten at night on August 17, 2019, and I’m standing outside the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, smiling. It’s one of those Edinburgh Festival nights when the streets are still crowded but there’s already a foretaste of autumn in the air, a warning chill in the sea breezes that . . . . Continue Reading »
The Spiritual Canticle of San Juan de la Cruz—Saint John of the Cross—is treasure drawn from the darkness of a Toledo cell. Its popularity, from the sixteenth century to the present, testifies to the enduring appeal of its graceful, erotic mysticism. In a new translation of . . . . Continue Reading »
Hans Boersma joins the podcast to discuss the modern social engineering of language and the inherent exclusivity of “inclusive language.” Continue Reading »
Rachel Fulton Brown, professor of history at the University of Chicago and author of the blog Fencing Bear at Prayer, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of studying the medieval era and its relevance to issues within modernity. Continue Reading »
In a world where all is understood through the lens of power, love is impossible. Women will always be destined for unhappiness if they choose power over love. Continue Reading »
Stephen Blackwood joins the podcast to discuss the founding and liberal-arts mission of recently established Ralston College where he is president. Continue Reading »
Brown gave tacit permission to future Courts, including the Roe Court, to untether itself from the Constitution and to expand its role as final arbiter of the good in American life and culture. Continue Reading »
Aaron Renn, author of the widely discussed “Three Worlds of American Evangelicalism” essay, responds to criticisms of his essay and proffers a vision for the evangelical church going forward. In part two of this two-part video essay, he directly addresses critiques of his framework and offers a vision for what is ahead. Continue Reading »
If a society loses its intuition of the absolute necessity for certain principles and fundamental rights, it will lose the sense and memory of how its own equilibrium has been arrived at, and thereafter descend into chaos. Continue Reading »
Political discretion on the world stage can never be an excuse for local bishops to avoid speaking the truth, and—worse—to decline to provide counsel and encouragement to faithful Catholic public officials seeking their support. Continue Reading »
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