Myles Werntz’s Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology’s Revolutionary Century is a refreshing and welcome contribution to ecclesiological discussions.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Repetition, it’s said, can be the mother of learning. So, in light of recent Catholic debates about the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and elsewhere, permit me... The…
First Things ↗My six-year-old son wants to join the Scouts, but I have mixed feelings. As an Eagle Scout, I am sympathetic to his attraction to pocketknives, campfires, the fellowship of... The…
First Things ↗The measure of Magnifica Humanitas cannot be taken today, so soon after its release. We won’t know for many years what sort of legacy it might have. But if... The…
First Things ↗At nearly 43,000 words, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” is a sprawling effort to array the... The…
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Mere Orthodoxy ↗Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, begins with the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9). Babel represents the grandiosity of... The…
First Things ↗Military wives constitute less than 1 percent of the American population, and they make up between 15 and 20 percent of the women paid to gestate other people’s children.... The…
First Things ↗Until recently, Poland’s definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman seemed inviolable, for at least two reasons. First, Article 18 of the Polish Constitution... The…
First Things ↗In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, J. Budziszewski joins in to discuss his recent book, Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think... The…
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