Books
Crusading 101
How to Plan a Crusade: Religious War in the High Middle Ages, by Oxford professor Christopher Tyerman, demolishes the legend that Western crusaders were mere irrational […]
Islam
Columns
On the purpose of politics and the salvation of souls
The ultimate purpose of Christian revelation was not to improve the world but to explain the final destiny of each existing person. The purpose of […]
The Dispatch
The wave of sex abuse accusations returns to university campuses
A Muslim scholar revered by many progressives is one of the latest influential men to be accused of sexual assault. […]
The Dispatch
Wiker’s study of the Reformation an enlightening, balanced reflection on past and present
Brimming with fascinating facts, The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know is an excellent short history of the Reformation, the ideas that […]
Books
Raheem Kassam’s “No Go Zones” is unsettling, necessary reading
This book is informative and also digressive, which is perhaps its weakness and its strength. For even though it ambles and strays, it does so […]
Interview
Defending the voiceless, from the unborn to persecuted Christians
Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali is using his unique perspective on the plight of Middle Eastern Christians to be “light to attract those in darkness.” […]
The Dispatch
Chesterton’s gleeful satirizing of the many-headed Hydra of modernity
Leave it to Chesterton to write a book—The Flying Inn—about drinking and driving. […]
Analysis
The Pope, the bishops, Muhammad and migration
What is missing from the bishops’ campaign materials is any larger context in which to place the issue of Muslim migration. Catholics who are contemplating […]
Essay
Islam, Violence, and the Nature of God
Where and why Catholics agree—and disagree—with Muslims […]
Sojourns with Schall
The attacks in Barcelona are part of a growing world-wide war
Islam stands as a judgment on the nations. It also stands as a judgment on thought itself. […]