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Jake MeadorCultureJournalSpring 2025

Concerning Fr. Edmund Campion

The tragic story of the martyrdom of Fr Edmund Campion is a good place to begin in thinking about religious liberty.

Anthony ScholleCultureBook ReviewsFormationJournalSpring 2025

"Get Good at Being Gods": Entrepreneurialism and Idolatry

Erik Baker's history of entrepreneurialism is wide-ranging, sometimes too much so. But the moments of greatest clarity are memorable and pack a punch.

John EhrettCultureBook ReviewsJournalSpring 2025

Whose Fictions? Which Authority

Somewhat surprisingly, the biggest problem with Steven D. Smith's 'Fiction, Lies, and the Authority of Law' is that it isn't radical enough.

Joshua HeavinBibleBook ReviewsJournalSpring 2025

Learning from a Humble Theologian

Though his academic achievements are many, what is most remarkable about the life and work of Richard B. Gaffin is the spirit of humility that defines him.

Ian OlsonCultureJournalSpring 2025

Monsters and the Long Defeat

The modernist rejection of the monstrous has left us unequipped with the tools we need to comprehend and resist evil.

Jeff BilbroCultureBook ReviewsFormationJournalSpring 2025

A Love for Reading and Reading for Love

Understanding the unhealthy ways people have sometimes approached reading can help us better understand the technological temptations of our moments.

Matthew LaPineBook ReviewsFormationJournalSpring 2025

Suicide and Persevering in Love

Edith Hall's moving exploration of suicide in classical art is a striking but ultimately inadequate response to the problem of suicide.

Stu KernsChurchJournalSpring 2025

The Final Apologetic

The mark that proves that Jesus came from God the Father is Christian love. So why do often find that love so immensely challenging?

Michael LuccheseCultureJournalSpring 2025

John Quincy Adams Amongst the Postliberals

John Quincy Adams offers a compelling example of how to preserve a civic liberalism in the face of severe religious critique of its failings.

Rachel WelcherFormationJournalSpring 2025

Don't Trip

The things that so irritate us in the moment are often precisely the things which give meaning and joy to our lives.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook ReviewsJournalSpring 2025

The Power of Charisma in American History: An Interview with Molly Worthen

The concept of charisma offers a striking new way of thinking about the relationship between religion and politics in the United States.

Kirsten SandersFamilyMarriageFormationJournalSpring 2025

Forsaking All Others

To have at the end of your life one single story, a promise that was kept, would gesture to all the things you did not choose.