Ideology is the Enemy of True Faith
Events at the college where I teach have me thinking about the ersatz religion known as ideology.
Answering Atheists Arguments
Dinesh D'Souza's recent article in the Christian Science Monitor stirred up a hornets nest of response from atheists. Todays atheists, D'Souza discovered from their missives, are a scrappy, disputatious bunch. The following article is his response to some of their assertions.
Islam: A Primer
In January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson.
Blaming the Wartime Pope
During the second world war, Pope Pius XII was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage, writes Newsweek's Kenneth Woodward.
Why Traditional Hymns are Superior to Modern Ones
I'm sometimes accused, when I write about bad hymns, of wanting to impose a single style upon everyone.
Remembering and still learning from Solzhenitsyn
Today marks the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
The "Bright Doctrine" of the Intercession of the Saints
Anyone who has read "Kristin Lavransdatter", Sigrid Undset's trilogy of novels about medieval Norway, is aware of the magnetic appeal of the headstrong title character and her saga of sin and redemption.
Walker Percy
Walker Percy (1916–1990), American novelist whose works include "The Moviegoer" and "Love in the Ruins", took as his subject "the dislocation of man in the modern age."
A century after the Armistice
I’m just old enough to remember when my elders still called November 11 "Armistice Day:" the armistice in question that which stopped the shooting in the Great War.