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The Second Vatican Council Reconsidered

David Engels December 23, 2025

The loss of sacred form goes hand in hand with the erosion of authority, hierarchy, and meaning. Yet precisely because the decline is now so advanced, the conditions for a genuine restoration may be emerging.

Conservatism Lurking in Modernity: Flemish Expressionism

Pepijn Leonard J. Demortier December 29, 2024

The Flemish expressionists provide an example of reconciling tradition and experiment.

Notre Dame Reopens: Ancient Glory vs. Modern Disaster

Hélène de Lauzun December 9, 2024

By choosing modernity and ugliness, the re-opening ceremony at Notre Dame was a huge missed opportunity to speak to the greatest number of people.

How Should We Read Tolkien?

Paul Krause December 8, 2024

A new book considers a postmodern Tolkien, but it circles back to the obvious and enduring: love and friendship.

Britain’s Looming Death Culture Is Not the End

Sebastian Morello December 3, 2024

If we are only meaningless atoms, it makes no sense not to kill us once we’ve become redundant.

A Christian Call to Re-Enchant the World

Sebastian Morello October 5, 2024

Rod Dreher’s Living in Wonder outlines an escape from the paradigm of modernity that has painted the whole world grey.

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Forgotten Classics: Tradition, Modernity, and the Inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof

Felix James Miller September 29, 2024

Sholem Aleichem’s tales of faith and parenthood remain powerful stories with relevance for raising children in our troubled age.

On Killing Our Elders

Sebastian Morello July 27, 2024

We modern Westerners may be the first people in history to try to flourish without a community of revered elders.

Reality Check | Ep. 2 | Ernst-Peter Fischer: Science & Mystery

Jan Bentz April 28, 2024

Jan C. Bentz talks with Ernst-Peter Fischer, historian of science, about the beauty of mystery and whether is it scientifically possible to understand the world as enchanted.

Eco’s Error; Or, Why Some People Like Casablanca

Robert Lazu Kmita April 7, 2024

Casablanca is not about passion, but about altruistic love, animated by the rare spirit of sacrifice.

Tag: modernity

The Second Vatican Council Reconsidered

Conservatism Lurking in Modernity: Flemish Expressionism

Notre Dame Reopens: Ancient Glory vs. Modern Disaster

How Should We Read Tolkien?

Britain’s Looming Death Culture Is Not the End

A Christian Call to Re-Enchant the World

Forgotten Classics: Tradition, Modernity, and the Inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof

On Killing Our Elders

Reality Check | Ep. 2 | Ernst-Peter Fischer: Science & Mystery

Eco’s Error; Or, Why Some People Like Casablanca

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