Liberalism’s totalitarian logic
Antonio López on the logic of liberalism’s totalitarian tendencies
“Whose kingdom shall have no end”
Oliver O’Donovan and his mentor, George B. Caird, offer lessons from the book of Revelation for thinking about politics
The sins of the fathers . . . and ours
Eighty years ago, C. S. Lewis warned against surrogate contrition
The loss of awe, the idolatry of partial thinking
Thaddeus J. Kozinski on reading modernity’s symptoms wisely (and wonder-fully)
The meaning of “secularism” and its antidote
Alexander Schmemann on the grand modern heresy
The problem of a degenerate electorate
Aquinas, Augustine, and Aristotle on good government, as summarized by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Guarding our tongues
John Henry Newman on the manner of speech fitting for Christian faithfulness
A Lenten meditation on gardening
Theologian Vigen Guroian reads “Lenten Spring,” a gardener’s meditation on the anticipation of new life, material and spiritual. (16 minutes)
The leaning tower of gabble
Oliver O’Donovan on how authority and language connect us with reality and thus sustain community
Discerning the spirit of the age
Oliver O’Donovan on the difficult but essential task of reading our times