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The New Alarmism Is Not New and Is Not Alarmism

The problems that Rod Dreher, Archbishop Chaput, Drs. R. R. Reno and Anthony Esolen raise in their books aren't new and their concerns are quite reasonable.

E. J. HutchinsonFamilyFeatured

On Gratitude and the Fifth Commandment

Ultimately the fifth commandment is concerned with teaching us to be grateful for the order into which we are born and to submit to that order happily.

Samuel JamesFeaturedCollege and University

Our Middlebury Moment

The violent student protests at Middlebury College are a powerful reminder of one of our moment's pressing need: an active theology of human dignity.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Lent, Individualism, and Christian Piety

Alastair Roberts and Jake Meador discuss how modern individualism shapes and distorts our experience of Lent.

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

Do Evangelicals Actually Want an Originalist on the Supreme Court?

Evangelicals have praised Judge Gorsuch's originalism. But their actions suggest they don't actually want an originalist on the nation's highest court.

Alastair RobertsFeaturedCollege and University

Freeing Speech: Free Speech, Milo, and the University

A peculiar and noteworthy feature of our cultural conversations around the subject of free speech is their narrow focus upon the non-proscription of expression. If we were to employ Isaiah Berlin’s taxonomy, we could say that these conversations have framed […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Benedict Option and Its Reviewers

The early reviews of Rod Dreher's "The Benedict Option" have tacitly explained why the idea began to catch on in the first place.

Guest WriterFeaturedEducation

Progressives, Harry Potter, and Little Platoons

Part of the reasons progressives love Harry Potter is that it offers the allure of ancient ritual without the rigorous demand of dogma.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Mere Fidelity: The Fractured Republic, with Yuval Levin

We are thrilled to have Yuval Levin join us to discuss his important book The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in an Age of Individualism. Levin is widely regarded as one of the brightest conservative thinkers working today. He helped found both […]

Sharon Hodde MillerFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Evangelicals and the Loss of Prophetic Imagination

This year has changed me. I say this in all earnestness and with no dramatic intent, but this year really has changed me. I am not the same person I was, and my calling has shifted too. It’s difficult to […]

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent Politics

Climate Change Is Political and There's Nothing Wrong With That

Donald Trump was sworn in as President at noon on Friday, January 20th. Within an hour, all references to climate change had been removed from the White House website. He has stacked key positions with outspoken climate change deniers, and […]

Samuel JamesFeaturedEvangelicalismAnthropology

The Sexual Revolution Is Abortion

The sexual revolution depends upon a literally violent division of individual identity and individual bodies. The most brutal proof of this is abortion.