Letter to the Editor: July-August 2016

Who Are You Writing For?... Marketing Catholicism... 1641: Errata Corrected... Die, Papolators!... We Need You, But You Need to Grow Up... Murderous Barbarians Meet a Fragile Faith... More Meaningful Material... and more

The News You May Have Missed

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White Out... I Do Tree Wed... The Eyeglasses of the Beholder... Naked Noshing in Nippon... Flame-Broiled Reward... Protein Politics... A Mayor's Worst Nightmare... Digging for Respect... Monumental Buzz Kill... and more

New Oxford Notes: July-August 2016

Breaking the Bathroom Barrier: A Civil-Rights Imperative?... Terror at the Disco: Why the Experts Always Come Up Empty

Is It 'Triumphalist' to Acknowledge Europe's Christian Roots?

CHARLEMAGNE'S GHOST

Timothy D. Lusch

Francis speaks to the European body, not its soul. This is a development with grave consequences for the Church in Europe.

A Panoramic View of the Real Pulcheria

PROTECTRESS OF THE FAITH & THE LIGHT OF ORTHODOXY

David D. Jividen

St. Pulcheria's faith made her a key defender of Catholic orthodoxy, and her actions providentially came during a critical battle over basic Christological beliefs.

When No Man Was His Own

VITAL WORKS RECONSIDERED, #45

Ian Hunter

The plot of 'The Tempest' is threadbare and fantastical. Shakespeare is less concerned with unfolding a story than with unfolding characters.

On Being, Politics & the Ultimate Things

WHERE "RIGHTS" LANGUAGE GOES WRONG

James V. Schall

David Walsh thought his way through the entire tradition of philosophy, politics, and revelation, from its Greek, Roman, and scriptural origins to modern efforts to explain it.

Permanent Irresolution & the Art of Making a Public Argument

GUEST COLUMN

Robert Barron

The principal means of teaching in the medieval university was not the classroom lecture but the quaestio disputata (disputed question).

Another New Gnosticism

Christopher Beiting

Keating examines the bizarre resurgence in recent years of geocentrism, or the notion that the earth is fixed and unmoving at the center of the universe.

Briefly: July-August 2016

Biocube Escape... The Name of God Is Mercy