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Patience GriswoldFeatured
A draft executive order has recently riled up the architectural community. Entitled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” it points out the ugliness in a number of modern architectural movements and calls for a return to classical and other traditional styles […]
Samuel JamesFeaturedCurrent Politics
Dwyane Wade’s enthusiasm for his child’s gender transition offers a fascinating example of transgender ideology’s selective performativity. Wade’s 12-year-old son, born Zion, recently announced he wanted to be referred to as a “she.” During an appearance on Ellen, Wade discussed […]
Caleb WaitPrayerCultureTheologyChurchMere Fidelityreligion
"The Lord's Prayer," with Dr. Wesley Hill
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
By the end of the Democratic primary we are likely going to be far closer to knowing if ours is a revolutionary age or merely an era of stable decadence.
Micah HarrisFeaturedChurch
In loving our artists, churches can experience something urgent about ourselves that cannot be had in any other way.
Jake Meador
When a movement's intellectuals can't even manage to be intellectually honest and become concerned exclusively with power, that movement has lost itself.
Caleb WaitCultureTheologySciencemetaphysicsMere Fidelitynihilismatheism
"Science and The Good," with Dr. Paul Nedelisky
Paul Frank SpencerFeatured
Postman's critique of hot and cold media presents an interesting lens through which to consider Malick's new film "A Hidden Life."
Tara Isabella BurtonFeaturedAnthropology
This is an essay about Mary. This is a piece of theology. This is a story about a man I didn't know. This is a debate between proponents of different views.
Susannah Black Roberts
Last night, we launched Issue 23 of Plough Quarterly, at the Red Room at KGB Bar on East 4th Street. I went there first when I was probably sixteen or so, for a book launch of my father’s, and I’ve […]
Kyle WilliamsFeaturedEconomics and Business
Happiness is a personal problem. Or so it may seem. Consider the self-help section. A library of recent books offers just the right mindset, self-care regimen, or practical hack for troubled souls who, presumably, hope that one more piece of […]
Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsHistory
The only Auschwitz survivor I knew well was my friend Claire Fiala. She died about 18 months ago; she was my neighbor, and I spent a couple of winters shoveling her walk, until, in the last two years of her […]