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editorials

Witness Tampering

On the Politics of Martyrdom
by S. M. Hutchens

columns

As It Is Written...

Haman's Fall

by Patrick Henry Reardon

Mortal Remains

The Mustard Seed

by S. M. Hutchens

From Heavenly Harmony

The Wondrous Mystery in Song

by Ken Myers

First Books

Here's for Heroes

by Kathie Johnson

Illuminations

The Advent of the Everlasting Day

by Anthony Esolen

A Thousand Words

Andrei Rublev's The Nativity

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

29.6—Nov/Dec 2016

features

The Still Small God

The Mustard Seed & the Wonders of His Kingdom
by Anthony Esolen

A Global Conflict of Interest

The Clash Between Religion & Secularism Overshadows The Clash of Civilizations
by David V. Hicks

We Are Not Our Own

George Parkin Grant on the Deep & Abiding Tension Between Christianity & Modernity
by Cameron Wybrow

views

The Gathering Storm

James Hitchcock on the Transformative Election of 2016

Dining on Tradition

Joanne L. Canda on How Using Great-Grandmother's China Has Made Us a Godlier Family

Carol of the Animals

Rebecca Sicree on the Burdens & Blessings of Beasts at Christmas

Ecclesia Non Grata

Regis Nicoll on the Deepening Loss of Religious Freedom & Our Response

book reviews

The Man Behind the Arras

A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion by David Scott Kastan
reviewed by Graeme Hunter

Sharpened Image

Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John F. Kilner
reviewed by J. Daryl Charles

That Big Idea

Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept by Brent Nongbri
reviewed by Graeme Hunter

Dominic Devotion

St. Dominic: The Story of a Preaching Friar by Donald J. Goergen, OP
reviewed by Nathan Arends

departments

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