If you yourself are not obliged to observe Kosher, or if you simply elect not to (only a minority of Jews actually do), you must have wondered from time to time: What’s the point? You can eat meat after dairy products, but you cannot consume dairy after meat? (And mixed together—a . . . . Continue Reading »
When Dostoevsky wrote his last and greatest novel, The Brothers Karamazov, the revolutionary movement that would lead to Bolshevism was well underway. The terrorist organization People’s Will—one of the first such organizations in the world—performed daring assassinations and . . . . Continue Reading »
The more religiously committed parents are, the more they want their children to grow up believing and practicing the family’s religion. This is especially true of parents who are religiously traditionalist or conservative. The desire to pass on the faith to offspring in a world that does not seem . . . . Continue Reading »
American evangelicals as described by Enright for readers of the NYRB are worth a few minutes of your attention. Continue Reading »
Identity politics witnesses to the social disconnection that results from the metaphysical void at the heart of modern Western society. Continue Reading »
Today’s Catholic Church needs more leaders like Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer.
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Prince Philip’s funeral allowed the liturgy to speak powerfully. Continue Reading »
Thomas shows us that to believe in Jesus is to worship him. Continue Reading »
A Trinitarian ontology of love implies an epistemology of love, for reality is known only to lovers. Continue Reading »
Hans Küng invented and then exploited a new personality type: the dissident Catholic theologian as international media star. Continue Reading »
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