St. Augustine and Justice After Dobbs
by John NawnA New England Journal of Medicine article cited Augustine in defense of abortion, though the saint's actual writings reveal his clear opposition. Continue Reading »
St. Augustine's Guide to Living Well
by Mark BauerleinMichael Foley joins the podcast to discuss his four volume collection translating, annotating, and commenting on St. Augustine's dialogues, Against the Academics, On the Happy Life, On Order, and Soliloquies. Continue Reading »
Religion in the Public Square
by Mark BauerleinChad Pecknold joins the podcast to discuss his recent Postliberal Order articles, “The Religious Nature of the City” and “Imago Dei as a Political Concept.” Continue Reading »
My Confessions
by Joshua T. KatzA few years ago, in the middle of the journey of life—in modern terms, having a midlife crisis—I read St. Augustine’s Confessions for the first time since I was eighteen. I’d loved the work when I was young, but in what was hardly an original discovery, I found that I . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Biden Misreads Augustine
by C. C. PecknoldBiden gives us a very limp Augustine who delivers only vague liberal pieties of “peace, peace.” Continue Reading »
The Vice of Curiosity
by Hans BoersmaWe are called daily to engage in the fight against curiosity as we explore ever more deeply the one question that truly matters: “Who do you say that I am?” Continue Reading »
The Arrow of Time
by John WilsonReaders whose own sense of time leads to the biblical God will find much to chew on in Joseph Mazur’s The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time. Continue Reading »
A Failing Papacy
by R. R. RenoThe current regime in Rome will damage the Catholic Church. Pope Francis combines laxity and ruthlessness. His style is casual and approachable; his church politics are cold and cunning. There are leading themes in this pontificate—mercy, accompaniment, peripheries, and so forth—but . . . . Continue Reading »
Getting Augustine Wrong
by R. R. RenoInjustices are done; imprudent, ill-considered policies are pursued. Brutal, cynical men posture as noble leaders. There’s a great deal about public life that arouses our passions. It is easy to become angry, bitter, fearful, and despairing. There’s another side as well. We can harbor great . . . . Continue Reading »
Newman on St. Monica
by Stefan McDanielYesterday was the Feast of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine. This feast was the occasion on which the the Venerable (soon to be Blessed) John Henry Cardinal Newman preached a characteristically brilliant sermon called “Intellect, the Instrument of Religious Training.” The whole thing is . . . . Continue Reading »
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