Myrna Loy and Charity: The Thin Man This is the fifth post in a series in which I explore what classic film actresses in iconic roles can teach us — and, more particularly, my fast-growing daughter — about the seven classic virtues. These posts f... Read More...
What’s Lust Got To Do With It?: When “Sex Fixation” and Racial Bias Meet By Pamela A. Lewis Let China sleep, for when she awakens the world will tremble. Although there has been disagreement as to whether Napoleon Bonaparte made this statement, it was often cited to describe the e... Read More...
On Apocalyptic Mobs By Mark Perkins “He who holds to the truth holds to God.” — Romano Guardini A mob is an apocalypse, a conflagration casting fiery light on what was previously in shadow. On August 12, 2017, we watched sc... Read More...
I Am a Child: Why Adultification Bias Contradicts the Christian View of Children By Pamela A. Lewis Like so many recent samples of footage showing police officers interacting with community residents, this was one that could not be un-seen: the mother of an unidentified nine-year-old Roc... Read More...
Against Non-Apologies What Sir Paul McCartney Understands About Contrition That Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, and Elvis Did Not (Nor Most Current Public Apologizers) By Neal Michell We live in an age of public apologies. Politicia... Read More...
Race and Reserve in the High Church Tradition: A Doctoral Thesis Report By Brandt L. Montgomery Like many of my colleagues here on Covenant either have done or are in the process of doing, for the past five years, I have been studying for a doctoral degree. While most of them ei... Read More...
The Holy Innocents By Daniel Martins The notion of "innocence" has an interesting range of meaning. At a literal and concrete level, it denotes absence of guilt or culpability in relation to a specific act or series of acts. O... Read More...
What Is There to Talk About? By Philip Turner Shortly before the recent election’s results were settled, I posted a short piece noting the extent of our divisions and the depth of our discontent. I went on to ask: what is the root cause... Read More...
