Israel’s Political Mythology
by Ari LammThe Jewish tradition plays a crucial role as the basis for Israel’s political mythology and identity. Continue Reading »
A Nation Under God
by Antonin ScaliaThe American religious tradition has consistently affirmed a national belief in God—but not a national belief in a particular religion. Continue Reading »
Pro-Life Liturgy
by Carrie Frederick FrostAn icon of the Annunciation appears on the central altar doors of every Orthodox Christian church. The “royal doors” are double doors, so the icon is a diptych, with Gabriel on the left and Mary on the right. As a young child, I found the movement of this icon mesmerizing as the doors opened and . . . . Continue Reading »
“Heaven and Everything Else”
by Shalom CarmyI first read Abraham Joshua Heschel’s The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man less than twenty years after its publication. It was already a classic among readers who cherished the few works of Jewish thought written in artful, eloquent English for a literate audience. Heschel summoned . . . . Continue Reading »
Poland and the Future
of Europe
by Jozef Andrew Kosc
Polish society represents an integral and democratic Catholicism, one that has resisted the anti-culture of postmodernism and neoliberal cosmopolitanism. Continue Reading »
Rights in Common
by Matthew D. WrightThe dazzling efficiency with which corporate America exchanges its turkeys and pumpkins for snowmen and reindeer each year confirms that our society is fully post-Christian. The occasional earnest performance of “O Holy Night” is a rule-proving exception. For the most part, endless ranks of . . . . Continue Reading »
No Patrimony
by Frank FurediThe age-old distinction between schoolchildren and university students is fast losing its meaning. On many campuses, the infantilization of university students has become institutionalized. College administrators treat students as if they were biologically mature children rather than young men and . . . . Continue Reading »
By What Authority?
by Gerhard Ludwig MüllerThe pope’s words are at the service of the whole Tradition of the Church, and not the other way around. Continue Reading »
The Touchstone Effect
by Mark BauerleinEveryone should have a copybook of maxims. So I tell my students at the start of freshman year. “You will meet priceless bits of wit and wisdom in the next eight semesters—write them down and tap them often.” They hear it as bad advice, though. Don’t they have enough to do already? But the . . . . Continue Reading »
Love Among the Artifacts
by Matthew HennesseyThis business of signing the inside covers of books is both charming and macabre. People die; books live forever. Scrawling on a flyleaf is a down payment on immortality. Think of me, it says. Memento mori. Continue Reading »
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