The Church in an age of anxiety
What to do in a time of uncertainty? My latest at Catholic World Report.
Catholicism
Benedict Options
Here’s a chapter I wrote for The Future of the Catholic Church in the American Political Order, a collection of essays edited by Kenneth L. Grasso and Thomas F.X. Varacalli.
Benedict Options
James Kalb
1 Introduction
As others have noted, we see around us the growth of a public order dominated by a post-Christian … More ...
Is Christianity “conservative”?
I discuss the relation between conservative Christianity and Catholicism at Catholic World Report
. In the piece I interpret “conservatism” as attachment to established ways and institutions and contrast it to orthodoxy.
My review of Marcel De Corte, Intelligence in Danger of Death
My review of Marcel De Corte’s Intelligence in Danger of Death has been published in Catholic Social Science Review.
Conversation with Larry Chapp
I discuss my recent book The Decomposition of Man with Larry Chapp and Rodney Howsare on Dr. Chapp’s podcast.
How real is our democracy?
I discuss American democracy, elite rule, and propaganda, with brief comments on what to do, at Catholic World Report.
Backwards and forwards
Do the Pope’s complaints about “backwardism” make sense? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Leave the world or embrace it?
How do Catholics deal with a world that’s so stubbornly unmanageable? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Realities are greater than ideas
So why do Synodality, Social Justice, and other utopian schemes fall on their faces? And how can we make our efforts more productive? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Pontiffs and pontificators
Maureen Mullarkey’s characteristically vivid comments on Pope Francis and the environment have drawn much attention from participants in the Internet Francis Wars. One big reason is that her comments sometimes go beyond the vivid to the caustic (“press toads,” “ideologue,” “meddlesome egoist,” “megalomania”). Another is that they were made on her blog at First Things… More ...