editorials

At Dusk in the Jungle

A Deadly Culture Needs More than Legal Remedies
by Anthony Esolen

columns

First Books

A Change of Place

by Kathie Johnson

As It Is Written...

The Many Storied Prophets

by Patrick Henry Reardon

Mortal Remains

What the Documents Say

by S. M. Hutchens

A Thousand Words

Rembrandt van Rijn's Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

Illuminations

Like a Thief in the Night

by Anthony Esolen

Contours of Culture

On Earth As It Is in Heaven

Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by Hans Boersma

by Ken Myers

26.6—Nov/Dec 2013

features

A Divine Gift of the Muses

The Great Epics Are Theological & Mark the Hard Path to Beatitude
by Anthony Esolen

The Gnostic Evangelist

The Neo-Gnostic "Alternative Christianity" of Elaine Pagels
by William J. Tighe

Have Icon, Will Travel

The Ministry of an Orthodox Army Chaplain in Southwest Asia Post-9/11
by Alexander F. C. Webster

views

The World of the Rings

Donald T. Williams on Why Peter Jackson Was Unable to Film Tolkien's Moral Tale

Grace & Truce

David C. Brenner on the Cutting Edge of God's "Peace on Earth"

My Favorite Party

Rebecca Sicree on Christmas Pizzas, Hospitality & the Best Gift of All

The Burt Carols

Michael Baum on the Musical Gifts of a Jazz Musician's Christmas Cards

book reviews

The Devil, You Say

I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare
by Robert H. Bennett
reviewed by Timothy R. Furnish

The Christian Reason

Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition
edited by Andrew Davison
reviewed by J. Daryl Charles

departments

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