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Toward a Family-Centered Economy

The natural family household serves as a unit of both production and consumption, one built on altruism and love, where the principle of selfless sharing…

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Zhivago’s Women & the Moral Vice of Our Time

Self-interest is often recast as “love.” The facile slogan “love is love” blocks any moral critique that could reveal that “love” isn’t always love.

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Motives of Credibility: The Miracles of the Saints

Since the apostolic age, the Church’s growth has been accompanied by an incredible diversity of miracles.

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Papal plane interview addresses conclave, peace talks

And spirituality, U.S.-Venezuela war, hope for Africa trip

SCOTUS hears case of NJ faith-based pregnancy center

Challenging odd state subpoena demanding donor info

Gaza priest: Amid fragile truce, 2M people have nothing

Asks prayers, material support as Christmas approaches

Beijing tightens political direction in Catholic theology

Focus on sinicization of Catholic liturgy & sacred music

Spanish police arrest two breakaway Poor Clare nuns

For alleged illegal sale of historical-heritage artwork

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject deal

Which asked cessation of all social-media/media hype

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Papal plane interview addresses conclave, peace talks

And spirituality, U.S.-Venezuela war, hope for Africa trip

SCOTUS hears case of NJ faith-based pregnancy center

Challenging odd state subpoena demanding donor info

Gaza priest: Amid fragile truce, 2M people have nothing

Asks prayers, material support as Christmas approaches

Beijing tightens political direction in Catholic theology

Focus on sinicization of Catholic liturgy & sacred music

Spanish police arrest two breakaway Poor Clare nuns

For alleged illegal sale of historical-heritage artwork

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject deal

Which asked cessation of all social-media/media hype

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From the NOR Dossiers
Literature & Literary Criticism

Is Modern Man Too Healthy for Literature?... Flannery O'Connor & the Representation of Mystery... Reading as Sacrament... more

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Sacred Music

Rising from the Mire... In Praise of Honest Sentiment... Why the Music Is So Bad... Offering Our Musical Best at Mass... and more

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Vital Works Reconsidered

When No Man Was His Own... A Thomistic Vision of Man’s Final End... Purgatory on Earth... What Is Free Time For?... and more

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Penny Dreadfuls & Detective Fiction

By James Hanink
December 3rd 2025 12:32 PM

What’s happened to the cheap, sensational booklets called “penny dreadfuls,” and to detective fiction? Penny dreadfuls, for a start, have evolved, big time. How so?…

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Let's Get Closer to Beauty

By James Thunder
December 2nd 2025 12:09 PM

I recently read a profile of Duncan Stroik, professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame. What caught my eye was the description the…

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Textualism/Originalism for Europe

By John M. Grondelski
December 1st 2025 1:29 PM

“Textualism” and “originalism” emerged as approaches to interpreting the Constitution in order to reconnect American judicial decisions with the document they were supposedly applying. The…

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Thinkers & Players

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C.S. Lewis

"Mere Christianity" as Merely Protestant... C. S. Lewis: His True Stature in Dispute... The Best Book Written About C.S. Lewis... more

Flannery O'Connor

Fragmented Lives of Incomplete Reckoning... Tyranny of the Perverse Will... From the Grotesque to Love... Flannery O’Connor: And Her Own Received Her Not... and more

Walker Percy

Walker Percy, the Episcopal Church & Kierkegaard’s “Apostle”... Human Alienation & Our Biotech Future... Attempting to Discredit Walker Percy... and more

Stand up and defend your faith.

Culture is shifting, but you can count on The New Oxford Review for an unwavering Catholic point of view. The message of the Church is easily muddled in today’s increasingly hostile, secular culture. We understand what’s coming at you, and we have articles and resources to help you defend your faith and grow in your understanding of Catholic teachings.

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Front & Center

Toward a Family-Centered Economy

The natural family household serves as a unit of both production and consumption, one built on altruism and love, where the principle of selfless sharing…

READ ARTICLE
Zhivago’s Women & the Moral Vice of Our Time

Self-interest is often recast as “love.” The facile slogan “love is love” blocks any moral critique that could reveal that “love” isn’t always love.

READ ARTICLE
Motives of Credibility: The Miracles of the Saints

Since the apostolic age, the Church’s growth has been accompanied by an incredible diversity of miracles.

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Papal plane interview addresses conclave, peace talks

And spirituality, U.S.-Venezuela war, hope for Africa trip

SCOTUS hears case of NJ faith-based pregnancy center

Challenging odd state subpoena demanding donor info

Gaza priest: Amid fragile truce, 2M people have nothing

Asks prayers, material support as Christmas approaches

Beijing tightens political direction in Catholic theology

Focus on sinicization of Catholic liturgy & sacred music

Spanish police arrest two breakaway Poor Clare nuns

For alleged illegal sale of historical-heritage artwork

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject deal

Which asked cessation of all social-media/media hype

VIEW ARCHIVE
Papal plane interview addresses conclave, peace talks

And spirituality, U.S.-Venezuela war, hope for Africa trip

SCOTUS hears case of NJ faith-based pregnancy center

Challenging odd state subpoena demanding donor info

Gaza priest: Amid fragile truce, 2M people have nothing

Asks prayers, material support as Christmas approaches

Beijing tightens political direction in Catholic theology

Focus on sinicization of Catholic liturgy & sacred music

Spanish police arrest two breakaway Poor Clare nuns

For alleged illegal sale of historical-heritage artwork

Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject deal

Which asked cessation of all social-media/media hype

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Penny Dreadfuls & Detective Fiction

December 3rd 2025 12:32 PM

What’s happened to the cheap, sensational booklets called “penny dreadfuls,” and to detective fiction? Penny dreadfuls, for a start, have…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Let's Get Closer to Beauty

December 2nd 2025 12:09 PM

I recently read a profile of Duncan Stroik, professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame. What caught my…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Textualism/Originalism for Europe

December 1st 2025 1:29 PM

“Textualism” and “originalism” emerged as approaches to interpreting the Constitution in order to reconnect American judicial decisions with the document…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
Literature & Literary Criticism

Is Modern Man Too Healthy for Literature?... Flannery O'Connor & the Representation of Mystery... Reading as Sacrament... more

VIEW DOSSIER
Sacred Music

Rising from the Mire... In Praise of Honest Sentiment... Why the Music Is So Bad... Offering Our Musical Best at Mass... and more

VIEW DOSSIER
Vital Works Reconsidered

When No Man Was His Own... A Thomistic Vision of Man’s Final End... Purgatory on Earth... What Is Free Time For?... and more

VIEW DOSSIER

Stand up and defend your faith.

Culture is shifting, but you can count on The New Oxford Review for an unwavering Catholic point of view. The message of the Church is easily muddled in today’s increasingly hostile, secular culture. We understand what’s coming at you, and we have articles and resources to help you defend your faith and grow in your understanding of Catholic teachings.

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