Discerning the spirit of the age
Oliver O’Donovan on the difficult but essential task of reading our times
When reason is detached from truth
Benedict XVI on what threatens true academic freedom
The power of images
Romano Guardini on the precious potential of limited images to reveal divine realities
Sofa as church
David Thomson on the formative powers of television
Confident agnosticism
Lesslie Newbigin on not knowing everything
The truth sent from above
Josef Pieper on why philosophy needs theology
The missional mandate of truth
Joseph Ratzinger on the partnership of faith and reason in the coherence of love and truth
Sinning against the common good
Jacques Maritain on how human societies must account for the full nature of human personhood
The fountainhead from which perversions gush
Josef Pieper on how refusing to acknowledge the spiritual core of our true nature leads to a “roaming restlessness of the spirit”
Only domesticated religions are safe to be free
Stanley Hauerwas on why “freedom of religion” carries subtle temptations