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31.3 — May/June, 2018
31.2 — March/April, 2018
31.1 — January/February, 2018
30.6 — Nov/Dec, 2017
30.5 — Sept/Oct, 2017
30.4 — July/Aug, 2017
30.3 — May/June, 2017
30.2 — March/April, 2017
30.2 — March/April, 2017
Housekeeping
Beware Scandalizing Unbelievers
30.1 — Jan/Feb, 2017
30.1 — Jan/Feb, 2017
Periodical Crossings
The Intersections of Christ, Creed & Culture
29.6 — Nov/Dec, 2016
29.5 — Sept/Oct, 2016
29.4 — July/August, 2016
29.3 — May/June, 2016
29.2 — March/April, 2016
29.2 — March/April, 2016
The Only Lord We Know
On the Confession of the One True God
29.1 — Jan/Feb, 2016
28.6 — Nov/Dec, 2015
28.5 — Sept/Oct, 2015
28.4 — July/Aug, 2015
28.3 — May/June, 2015
28.2 — March/April, 2015
28.1 — January/February, 2015
27.6 — Nov/Dec, 2014
27.6 — Nov/Dec, 2014
on the Meekest of the Servants of God
27.5 — Sept/Oct, 2014
27.4 — July/August, 2014
27.4 — July/August, 2014
The Bible, Sacred Theology & the Mind of Christ
27.4 — July/August, 2014
What Can Be Expected from Political Princes?
27.3 — May/June, 2014
27.2 — March/April, 2014
27.2 — March/April, 2014
on Reading the Hebrew Bible as Philosophy
27.1 — Jan/Feb, 2014
26.6 — Nov/Dec, 2013
26.5 — Sept/Oct, 2013
26.4 — July/August, 2013
26.4 — July/August, 2013
on Why the Apostle to the Gentiles Changed His Name
26.3 — May/June, 2013
26.3 — May/June, 2013
Public Health, Government Obesity & Church Resistance
26.2 — Mar/Apr, 2013
26.1 — Jan/Feb, 2013
25.6 — Nov/Dec, 2012
25.5 — Sept/Oct, 2012
25.5 — Sept/Oct, 2012
on Mathematical Certainty & the Liberty of Faith
25.5 — Sept/Oct, 2012
Irenaeus Did Not Teach Self-Fulfillment
25.4 — July/August, 2012
25.4 — July/August, 2012
on the Divine Gift of Truth
25.3 — May/June, 2012
The Victorious Procession of Christ
25.3 — May/June, 2012
A Rabbi's Error
on Jonathan Sacks’s Mistake About Christians
25.2 — March/April, 2012
25.1 — Jan/Feb, 2012
25.1 — Jan/Feb, 2012
God’s Chosen People & Our Messiah
24.6 — Nov/Dec, 2011
24.6 — Nov/Dec, 2011
Dead End Times
on the Apocalyptic Fears of the Secularists
24.5 — Sept/Oct, 2011
24.5 — Sept/Oct, 2011
A Critical Memoir of Thomas Merton at Gethsemani Abbey
24.4 — July/August, 2011
24.4 — July/August, 2011
More Than Workers Migrate Between the U.S. & Mexico
24.3 — May/June, 2011
24.3 — May/June, 2011
His God & Ours
on Why We Can Be Brothers & Sisters in Christ
24.2 — March/April, 2011
24.2 — March/April, 2011
What We Can Learn from Two Conversations Between Jesus & His Mother
24.2 — March/April, 2011
The Incautious Apologist
on Reticence & the Mysteries of Sin & Salvation
24.1 — January/February, 2011
23.6 — November/December, 2010
23.5 — September/October, 2010
23.5 — September/October, 2010
On the Gospel & Political Upheavals
23.4 — July/August, 2010
23.4 — July/August, 2010
on the Three Blessings of Timothy
23.3 — May/June, 2010
23.2 — March/April, 2010
23.1 — January/February, 2010
23.1 — January/February, 2010
on the Foundational Culture of the Dining Room
22.8 — November/December, 2009
22.7 — September/October, 2009
22.7 — September/October, 2009
A Visit to Old Serbia in Search of Its Ultimate Destiny
22.6 — July/August, 2009
22.5 — June, 2009
22.5 — June, 2009
The Greek Key
on Divine Providence & the
Macedonian Call
22.4 — May, 2009
22.4 — May, 2009
Words’ Worth
on the Transcendent Vocabulary
of Mundane Signs
22.3 — April, 2009
22.3 — April, 2009
Matthew’s Trial of Jesus Is About More than Jesus
22.3 — April, 2009
God & Robbers
on Human & Divine Property
Rights
22.2 — March, 2009
22.2 — March, 2009
A Cloud of Witnesses: Saints and Martyrs From the Holy Land
by Bishop Demetri (Matta) Khoury
22.2 — March, 2009
Authority Figures
on the Question That Jesus Refused to Answer
22.1 — January/February, 2009
22.1 — January/February, 2009
Sacred Exits
Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and What to Do About It
by Julia Duin
21.10 — December, 2008
21.10 — December, 2008
Savior in a Manger
Early Christian Teaching on the Incarnation & Redemption
21.9 — November, 2008
21.8 — October, 2008
21.8 — October, 2008
Unbelievers Have Always Been Watching Us, Closely
21.7 — September, 2008
21.6 — July/August, 2008
21.5 — June, 2008
21.4 — May, 2008
21.3 — April, 2008
21.2 — March, 2008
21.2 — March, 2008
The Difference Between the Bible & the Koran Is Fermentation
21.1 — January/February, 2008
20.10 — December, 2007
20.9 — November, 2007
20.8 — October, 2007
20.8 — October, 2007
Quite Beyond Us
on the Unfathomable Self-Consciousness
of Jesus
20.7 — September, 2007
20.7 — September, 2007
The Arius Factor
on the Dynamics of Dogmas & Anathemas
20.6 — July/August, 2007
20.5 — June, 2007
20.4 — May, 2007
20.3 — April, 2007
20.3 — April, 2007
Biblical Aspects of the Easter Revolution
20.2 — March, 2007
20.2 — March, 2007
Sinai’s Height
on the Problem with Popular Monotheism
20.1 — January/February, 2007
20.1 — January/February, 2007
19.10 — December, 2006
19.9 — November, 2006
19.8 — October, 2006
19.7 — September, 2006
19.6 — July/August, 2006
19.5 — June, 2006
19.4 — May, 2006
19.3 — April, 2006
19.3 — April, 2006
On the Meaning of Christ’s Prayer & His Obedience in the Garden
19.2 — March, 2006
19.1 — January/February, 2006
18.10 — December, 2005
18.9 — November, 2005
18.8 — October, 2005
18.7 — September, 2005
18.6 — July/August, 2005
18.6 — July/August, 2005
18.5 — June, 2005
18.4 — May, 2005
Anthropology & the Incarnation
18.4 — May, 2005
18.3 — April, 2005
18.2 — March, 2005
18.1 — January/February, 2005
17.10 — December, 2004
17.10 — December, 2004
A Sidebar in Addison H. Hart’s “The Divine Divider”
17.10 — December, 2004
Ritual Correctness
on Enduring Liturgical Experts
17.9 — November, 2004
17.9 — November, 2004
Free Press & Pulpit
on the First Amendment
17.8 — October, 2004
17.7 — September, 2004
17.7 — September, 2004
The Objections of Conscience
on Civil Disobedience
17.6 — July/August, 2004
17.5 — June, 2004
17.4 — May, 2004
17.4 — May, 2004
17.3 — April, 2004
17.2 — March, 2004
17.1 — January/February, 2004
17.1 — January/February, 2004
16.10 — December, 2003
16.9 — November, 2003
16.9 — November, 2003
Not So Quiet on the Eastern Front
Orthodox Christians & the Iraqi War
16.8 — October, 2003
16.8 — October, 2003
on the Lost World of Courage
16.8 — October, 2003
16.7 — September, 2003
16.6 — July/August, 2003
The Parables & the Structure of the World
16.6 — July/August, 2003
Communion & Division
The Structure of Knowledge
16.6 — July/August, 2003
16.5 — June, 2003
16.4 — May, 2003
Chesterton & the Aristotelian Tradition
16.4 — May, 2003
16.3 — April, 2003
The Not-So-Good Samaritans
Aristotle, the Preservation of Families & the Duties of the State
16.3 — April, 2003
16.2 — March, 2003
The Apostolic Epic
The Aeneid & the Acts of the Apostles
16.2 — March, 2003
16.1 — January/February, 2003
16.1 — January/February, 2003
15.10 — December, 2002
15.10 — December, 2002
East Meets West in Rome
on an Ecumenical Experiment
15.9 — November, 2002
15.8 — October, 2002
15.7 — September, 2002
A Vigil for McVeigh
My Night Among the Protesters at an Execution
15.7 — September, 2002
15.7 — September, 2002
15.6 — July/August, 2002
15.5 — June, 2002
15.4 — May, 2002
15.3 — April, 2002
Dawson Revisited
Christianity and European Culture
edited by Gerald J. Russello
Dynamics of World History
by Christopher Dawson
15.3 — April, 2002
15.2 — March, 2002
A Guide to the Lord’s Table
Catholics and the Eucharist
by Stephen B. Clark
15.2 — March, 2002
15.2 — March, 2002
15.1 — January/February, 2002
15.1 — January/February, 2002
14.10 — December, 2001
14.9 — November, 2001
14.8 — October, 2001
14.8 — October, 2001
Dialogue & Papal Strength
on Rome & the Orthodox Church
14.8 — October, 2001
14.7 — September, 2001
Critical Reflections on a Lingering Confinement
14.7 — September, 2001
14.6 — July/August, 2001
14.6 — July/August, 2001
The Transformed Relics of the Fall
on the Fulfillment of History in Christ
14.5 — June, 2001
The Midshipman Quinn Collection
by Showell Styles
14.5 — June, 2001
Commerce in Human Body Parts: A Critical Symposium
14.5 — June, 2001
14.4 — May, 2001
Romanian Shepherd
Shepherd of Souls
by Archimandrite Ioannichie Balan
The Truth of Our Faith
by Elder Cleopa of Romania
14.4 — May, 2001
14.4 — May, 2001
on the Errors of Determinism
14.3 — April, 2001
Life & Death in South Bend
Notre Dame’s Culture of Death Conference
14.3 — April, 2001
14.3 — April, 2001
14.2 — March, 2001
14.1 — January/February, 2001
Debating Design
The Concordia Conference on Intelligent Design
14.1 — January/February, 2001
Thou Art the Everlasting Son of the Father
The Christian Meaning of the Fatherhood of God
14.1 — January/February, 2001
13.9 — November, 2000
Saving California
The Man Who Founded California
by M. N. L. Couve de Murville
13.8 — October, 2000
The Churches & the Homosexual Agenda
13.6 — July/August, 2000
The Patriarchal Shape of Trinitarian Theology
13.6 — July/August, 2000
13.5 — June, 2000
Susannah’s Virtues
The Prayer of Distress & the Cause of Justice
13.4 — May, 2000
Emily Dickinson and
the Art of Belief
by Roger Lundin
13.3 — April, 2000
The Hebrew Prophetess in Christian Tradition
13.2 — March, 2000
Marcionism Then & Now
on the Old Testament
13.1 — January/February, 2000
Two Cultural Critics
The Critical Legacy
of Irving Babbitt
by George A. Panichas
A Few Reasonable Words
by Henry Regnery
12.6 — November/December, 1999
Covering the Vatican
History of Vatican II
edited by Giuseppe Alberigo
Milestones: Memoirs 1927?1977
by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
12.5 — September/October, 1999
The Catholic Angler
An Interview with Thomas Howard
12.5 — September/October, 1999
12.4 — July/August, 1999
Science, Letters & the Recovery of Meaning
12.3 — May/June, 1999
Under the Gaze of God & Angels
The Meaning of Tobit for the Christian Reader
12.2 — March/April, 1999
The Apocrypha’s Tobit & Literary Tradition
12.1 — January/February, 1999
Biblical Interpretation
by Gerald Bray
11.6 — November/December, 1998
Three on Weaver
Richard M. Weaver, 1910?1963
by Fred Douglas Young
The Vision of Richard Weaver
edited by Joseph Scotchie
Barbarians in the Saddle
by Joseph Scotchie
11.6 — November/December, 1998
Metaphysical Man
Philosophy, Language & Richard Weaver
11.6 — November/December, 1998
11.5 — September/October, 1998
Sacraments, Martyrdom & the Sons of Zebedee
Two Gospel Texts in the Tradition
11.5 — September/October, 1998
A Glimmer from the East
Orientale Lumen II—An Orthodox Account
11.3 — May/June, 1998
Apocryphal Judith, Saintly Deceiver
Judith, Tradition, & the Christian Reader
11.2 — March/April, 1998
From Book Burning to Canon
On the Destruction & Preservation of Sacred & Profane Texts
11.2 — March/April, 1998
An Internet Discussion Between Patrick Henry Reardon, Rod Dreher & Terry Mattingly
11.1 — January/February, 1998
10.4 — Fall, 1997
9.4 — Fall, 1996
A Simple Parable Shows Us the Heart of the Gospel
9.4 — Fall, 1996
9.2 — Spring, 1996
The Bible’s Narrative & Wisdom Traditions Are Combined in a Story of Romance
9.2 — Spring, 1996
9.1 — Winter, 1996
The Joseph Story
Narrative, Theology, & the Christian Hope
9.1 — Winter, 1996
8.3 — Summer, 1995
8.3 — Summer, 1995
8.2 — Spring, 1995
A Novelist Looks at Predestination
8.2 — Spring, 1995
Sunday at Willow Creek
Four Responses
8.1 — Winter, 1995
Atheism & the Public Schools
7.4 — Fall, 1994
Evangelicals & Catholics—Together?
7.2 — Spring, 1994
Christology & the Psalter
How “Inclusive Language” Emasculates the Psalms
6.4 — Fall, 1993
6.2 — Spring, 1993
6.1 — Winter, 1993
A Response to Thomas F. Torrence
4.4 — Fall, 1991
Eastern Christians & Western Problems
3.4 — Winter, 1990
3.1 — Winter, 1989
2.4 — Summer-Fall, 1988
The Beached Whale
An Empathetic Lament
2.3 — Spring, 1988
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