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January 2017

January 31, 2017

The Left Has Magically Discovered Religious Freedom!

Religious freedom as it actually functions in American politics is a very ambivalent issue. More often...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Don’t Look to Secularism if You Want to Bathe in a Kinder, Gentler World

The problem of violence is an inherently human problem. It is unavoidable, because violence is...

August 16, 2016

AP Poll of ISIS Members Proves Pope Right on Islam

The West's knowledge of Islam makes Christians say dumb things about ISIS; I would venture...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Why Are Muslims Filling Up France’s Traditionally Empty Churches Today?

As someone who lived in Nantes, France for nearly a year I can say that...

June 2016

June 16, 2016

Sources Close to Orlando Shooter Confirm Omar Mateen Was Gay

The Palm Beach Post seems to be the only news source reporting on some very...

June 14, 2016

Rene Girard: No, Christianity is Not a Religion of Peace!

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to...

June 13, 2016

Terrorism Has an Altruistic Logic

It may be little comfort to have the realization terrorism has its rather quotidian logic....

June 12, 2016

Pope Francis Unequivocally Condemns Florida Man’s Gay Bar Shooting Rampage

These are strange times we live in, but they are not incomprehensible. It didn't take...

June 06, 2016

Ever Wonder Why Saint Paul Went to Arabia?

Arabia is a geographical entity familiar and vexing to the contemporary Westerners, but what could...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

The Pope Who Revolutionized Catholic Dialogue with Islam

You might think it's Francis, but it's not. The Wheaton College affair seemed like a...

December 16, 2015

Wheaton College Professor Suspended for Expressing Catholic Position on Islam

Some of the best Catholic colleges are Protestant. This is the case in Seattle. Take,...

December 16, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: Bosnian-Muslim Scholar & Immigrant on American Fears

The issue of Muslim identity in America is front and center of late after the...

December 09, 2015

George W. Obama Says Islam is a Religion of Peace

The differences between George Bush and Barack Obama on the economy, military, spying (on you,...

November 2015

November 15, 2015

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 7

What's not weak this week highlights the violent scapegoating origins of all human culture. 1. 4...

November 06, 2015

Girard: Islamic Extremism is Symmetrically Related to Western Wealth

Comboxes are usually places of despair that demonstrate the following dictum: Abandon all hope all...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

Michel Houellebecq’s Submission to Catholicism

Michel Houellebecq is France's literary bête noire. His much-anticipated novel Submission finally makes its appearance today...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

How Did Disappearing Middle Eastern Religions Survive in the First Place?

Gerard Russell's Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East should...

January 15, 2015

What Christian Group Says It Worships Same God as Muslims?

French history, and a little bit of American international relations, have been the main focus...

January 10, 2015

Houellebecq: Charlie Hebdo Coverboy Maps Faith’s Manifestations

Michel Houellebecq is on the front cover of this week's edition of Charlie Hebdo. It...

January 09, 2015

Spreading the Blame: The West’s Exporting of Jihad

Why is it when a small group of religious fanatics kill innocent people it's a...

January 08, 2015

Will We Once Again Enlist Islam Against Western Extremism?

Yesterday's piece on Ryan Bell (the pastor who became an atheist) made it seem like...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Two Nativities? Can You Divine the Original Christmas Story?

Margaret Barker sure knows how to set up an argument. She goes all out in...

October 2014

October 03, 2014

Talking At the Muslim Leadership Is Futile

Leading up to the coalition of the willing waging war against ISIS much noise was made about...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

To What Degree is First Things Responsible for Iraq?

I remember the days when First Things was riding high as the representative of a...

July 09, 2014

Barker’s First Temple Fireworks: Christianity, Judaism, Islam

The ISIS attempts at reestablishing the caliphate are getting much press of late. They...

January 2014

January 03, 2014

Islam Does Not Need a Reformation

After a little bit of polemic the last few days I'd like to write about...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Christianity Is Neither a Monotheism Nor a Religion of the Book (Remi Brague)

This blog began with a series of posts debunking some common myths about Christianity. There...