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Thoroughly modern Tolkien

Tolkien has his critics. Some might allege that his books are just children’s books and therefore cannot be taken as serious literature. A linked criticism is that Tolkien is a medievalist: is he popular because his books are an escape into a children’s wonderland or an idealised medieval world?

by Andrew Byrne Aug 2, 2021Aug 2, 2021 / 4 mins /

Faith, freedom, and America’s founding Catholics

by Andrew E. Harrod Jul 6, 2021Jul 6, 2021 / 4 mins /

Turkey’s thirty-year genocide

by James Bradshaw Apr 8, 2021Apr 8, 2021 / 5 mins /

Public discourse in the ‘Age of Selfies’

by Carson Holloway Nov 6, 2020Feb 23, 2021 / 7 mins /

Review: ‘The Colour of the Sky After Rain’

by Francis Phillips Nov 2, 2020Feb 23, 2021 / 4 mins /

Pro-natalism from the Left

by Patrick T. Brown Oct 16, 2020Feb 23, 2021 / 3 mins /

Religious liberty in the age of data surveillance and soft totalitarianism

by James Bradshaw Oct 14, 2020Feb 23, 2021 / 6 mins /

A scene from the 2020 screen version of Emma

Coronavirus reading: the delightful comedy of ‘Emma’

by Campbell Markham Apr 1, 2020Feb 23, 2021 / 2 mins /

Coronavirus reading: ‘The Demon in Democracy’

by James Bradshaw Mar 25, 2020Feb 23, 2021 / 6 mins /

‘The Testaments’: faith, hope and resilience in Gilead

by Mary Joseph Oct 9, 2019Feb 23, 2021 / 7 mins /

Making America faithful again

by G. Tracy Mehan III Jul 14, 2019Feb 23, 2021 / 4 mins /

‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother’

by Selena Ewing Jul 3, 2019Feb 23, 2021 / 8 mins /

The solid, slightly out-of-season Christian case for religious freedom

by Steven Smith Apr 26, 2019Feb 23, 2021 / 6 mins /

Love thy body: Christianity’s answer to modern schizophrenia

by Terry Scambray Dec 11, 2018Feb 23, 2021 / 6 mins /

Living with morals: a review of The Fall of Gondolin

by Nathanael Blake Nov 8, 2018Feb 23, 2021 / 6 mins /