Pope Francis as Historian
by Bronwen McSheaThe pope’s historical formulations—about Luther and Jesuit missions—makes this historian wince. Continue Reading »
The pope’s historical formulations—about Luther and Jesuit missions—makes this historian wince. Continue Reading »
No earthly power creates the Church and no earthly power owns the Church. The Church was created by the Lord Jesus, and it is his, not ours. Continue Reading »
Science fiction’s ambition to evoke the immensely long and strange history of the future gives these three works peculiar power to meditate on the promise that the Church will survive. Continue Reading »
Conversations can be deep or shallow, casual or serious, but they invariably take place as an encounter between an “I” and a “thou.” Continue Reading »
Debate over the Benedict Option has been conducted at the level of competing world-historical metanarratives. Instead, let’s focus on the local and personal. Continue Reading »
Neither the Bible, nor church history, nor Christian experience indicates that a one-size-fits-all crisis conversion is necessary. Why is this claim the sort of thing that scares American Evangelicals? Continue Reading »
When they suggest that something’s gone seriously wrong with our nation’s culture, and further suggest what American Christians might need to do about it, Dreher and Esolen have plenty of persuasive company. Continue Reading »
When does a laudable desire to reduce healthcare costs become an obsession with controlling how we live our lives? Continue Reading »
There is neither sin nor suffering in The Shack—only the psychotherapeutic notion of “pain,” which encapsulates them both. Continue Reading »
The wonky, compromising Ryan was a very useful fellow—but Republicans couldn’t leave well enough alone. Continue Reading »