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As 2022 approaches, here’s a look back at our top articles of 2021. The following list is sorted by pageviews, with separate sections for print articles and web exclusives. 

Our 15 Most Popular Print Articles

1. The Cross and the Machine, Paul Kingsnorth

2. Evangelicals and Race Theory, Carl R. Trueman

3. The Failure of Evangelical Elites, Carl R. Trueman

4. Abortion Is Unconstitutional, John Finnis

5. It’s Not All in Your Head, Sam Kriss

6. Catholic Ideas and Catholic Realities, Ross Douthat

7. Keeping the Faith, Christian Smith

8. Truth, Reading, Decadence, Mark Bauerlein

9. The Historical Adam, William Lane Craig

10. T. S. Eliot and the Jews, David P. Goldman

11. Reactionary Feminism, Mary Harrington

12. The Greatest Christian Novel, Gary Saul Morson

13. On Demons, Sam Kriss

14. Sexual Counter-Revolution, Scott Yenor

15. The Rise of the Middle Ages, Richard Rex

Our 15 Most Popular Web Exclusives

1. Pope Francis Chooses Fr. Martin, Raymond J. de Souza

2. Pope Francis Needs to Say “No,” Christopher Ruddy

3. When Amazon Erased My Book, Ryan T. Anderson

4. Josh Harris’s Message Remains the Same, Carl R. Trueman

5. An Open Letter to the Students of Archbishop Riordan High School, Salvatore J. Cordileone

6. Tucker Carlson, Class Traitor, Wilfred M. McClay

7. A Little Wisdom From Bernard, Charles J. Chaput

8. The Founders of Black Lives Matter, Scott Walter

9. A Response to the “Statement of Principles,” Salvatore J. Cordileone

10. We Laugh, They Rule, Sohrab Ahmari

11. Pope Francis and the Tridentine Mass, Douglas Farrow

12. At the PCA General Assembly, the Little Guys Stood Up, Carl R. Trueman

13. What to Know About the Equality Act, Kenneth Craycraft

14. Why I Didn’t Get the COVID Vaccine, Peter J. Leithart

15. Mass and Memory, Martin Mosebach

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