Thomism

Ireland and the
‘Ensoulment’ Myth

Irish abortion proponents have had to construct a parody Church to make the case for their referendum. Continue Reading »

23 May 2018

An Integrated Humanist

by Russell Hittinger

John Senior and the Restoration of Realismby francis bethel, o.s.b.thomas more, 452 pages, $34.99 H igher education has survived the end of the American century, if just barely. American colleges and universities are like a naval mothball fleet that’s still afloat but not seaworthy. Some schools . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2017

Catholicism in the Modern World

by Thomas Joseph White

An interview with Thomas Joseph White. Continue Reading »

25 Aug 2017

Teleology in the Digital Age

by Jordan Zajac

We appeal to other animals to help us arrive at self-understanding in these perplexing times. But we struggle to understand non-humans in a productive way. Therefore we cannot ultimately understand ourselves. Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2016

Is Liberalism a Heresy?

by Francesca Aran Murphy

The only viable vehicle of conservatism in modernity is a market-oriented liberalism that regards freedom within law as the means to the common good. Some religiously engaged conservative intellectuals cannot accept this. What drives their animus against the only workable form of conservatism in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2016

Romans 8:19–22

by David Bentley Hart

In a moment, another Auseinandersetzung with the indefatigable Edward Feser; but first a small prolepsis: A reader recently asked me why, in my technical writings, I treat the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas with such respect while, in my more popular work, I delight in casual abuse of Thomists. This . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2015

Upcoming Events

by Editors

Lectures and seminars in New York and elsewhere Continue Reading »

16 Apr 2015

Vinculum Magnum Entis

by David Bentley Hart

I was once told by a young, ardently earnest Thomist . . . you know, one of those manualist neo-paleo-neo-Thomists of the baroque persuasion you run across ever more frequently these days, gathered in the murkier corners of coffee bars around candles in wine bottles, clad in black turtlenecks and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2015

Will David Hart's Dog Go To Heaven?

by Stephen H. Webb

In a recent issue of First Things (“Vinculum Magnum Entis,” April), David Hart recounts (or, perhaps, constructs) a conversation with a paleo-traditional Thomist over the salvific status of animals. His interlocutor defends “a particularly colorless construal of the beatific vision” which has the consequence of preventing any pesky animals from passing through the Pearly Gates. Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2015

Two Thomisms,
Two Modernities