Watching the Olympics as a French Christian
On Sunday, at the start of the second week of the Olympics, France won its 44th medal, surpassing its previous record total for a modern Olympics. Few might have predicted … Read More
Islamic State’s genocide was not limited to killing and enslaving Yazidis, Christians and other communities − it also erased their heritage
The ruins of the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of the Heart of Jesus in Sinjar District, northern Iraq, which was destroyed by the Islamic State.(Photo: Unsplash/Levi Meir Clancy) August 2024 … Read More
In scandal’s wake, ACNA adopts new rules on reporting misconduct
(Photo: ACNA) In 2022, Mark Rivera, a former Anglican lay minister, was convicted of felony child sexual assault three years after a young girl told her mother that he had … Read More
Why the Archbishop of Canterbury needs to think again on Israel and the International Court of Justice
(Photo: Getty/iStock) In a recent statement issued by Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury has given his unequivocal support to the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of … Read More
How Lonely Planet Founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler Revolutionized the Way We Travel ‹ Literary Hub
On July 4, 1972, a pair of young newlyweds named Tony and Maureen backed out of the driveway of a family home in the south of England. They were driving … Read More
Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane ‹ Literary Hub
My first personal encounter with the rarest book in American literature was memorable, even moving, for many reasons, but its physical appearance wasn’t one of them. If ever a book … Read More
Behind the Scenes on the Set of My Lady Jane ‹ Literary Hub
“Right between the tits, every time!” If this doesn’t sound like the chatter you’d expect from the soundstage of a lavishly appointed Tudor-set period piece, you don’t know My Lady … Read More
Indexing the Life of Sylvia Plath ‹ Literary Hub
Indexing is a quantitative enterprise—at least the way I do it. I don’t use an index program, just a search box, to find mentions of key words and phrases. In … Read More
How Our Culture Continues to Blame the Victims of Male Violence ‹ Literary Hub
In a recent piece for Bookforum, the critic Moira Donegan called Christine Blasey Ford one of our culture’s “disposable heroes.” Heroic for going public about her alleged assault by Supreme … Read More
What Must a Christian Believe?
Imagine that you’re in London. The year is 1675; it’s been fewer than ten years since the Great Fire ravished the city. One Sunday afternoon, after lunch, you walk down … Read More