Problems with faith cross religious boundaries. Here are the fruits of a conversation that I’ve been conducting, with my friend and in my mind, for a long time.
"Denial" comes off as preachy, obvious, and severely limited; it gets the basics of the story told, but little more. Even the stronger moments fall strangely flat.
Barack Obama may not be leaving office with the successor he wanted, but he could do a service by explaining why the U.S. hasn't rescued Syria, and why it shouldn't.
Readers respond to David Bentley Hart's essay on how the early Christians viewed money, and Matthew Boudway’s view of redemption in Cormac McCarthy's work.
Hans Boersma’s "Sacramental Preaching" places us in the drama of scripture, while Daniel James Brown’s "The Boys in the Boat" is a Depression-era melodrama.
Three excellent reads on the road less traveled, young women who stepped off the path and made their way, machete in hand, to a career based on their own passions.
Books by Nick Hornby, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Helene Hanff explore the art of reading, the boundary between fact and fiction, and travel by literature.
One of the biggest problems confronting Catholics engaged in the public square is our failure to develop a body of political thought relevant to this modern moment.
It is not unreasonable to fear that Trump will govern as he campaigned—as an authoritarian, a threat
to the rule of law, an agent of disorder on the world stage.
The enduring controversies surrounding Hannah Arendt confirm Wittgenstein’s insight: to think what we are doing was, and remains, much easier said than done.
