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Public Religion, Presbyterian Style
How can the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition help us to think about a renewed interest in public religion?
The Rules of Law: The Alabama IVF Case and the Proper Role of Judges
Alabam’s IVF ruling should prompt us to ask: what is the role of judges in political life?
Peter Heather’s Excellent (and Accidentally Protestant?) History
Would that I had this book on my shelf as an undergraduate.
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From the Editor’s Desk: Ad Fontes Winter 2024
Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Winter 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.
Wells and Buckets: A Defense of Christian Romanticism in Wordsworth and Coleridge
A provocative defense of one of the bogeymen of Christian intellectual histories: the Romantic poets.
The Pastoral Value of the Reformed Doctrine of Concupiscence
The Reformed doctrine of concupiscence gives liberation to both the pastor and his flock.
“Is Philosophy a Hindrance to Piety?” by Philip Melanchthon
The first English translation of Philip Melanchthon's "Is Philosophy a Hindrance to Piety?"
Making Missing Biblical Art with Midjourney
Will AI step up to fill a gap that Christian artists have too long neglected?
The Soul of Education: W.E.B. DuBois’ Theory of the University
Du Bois saw intellecutal elites as emissaries of culture and providers of visions of what might be.
Besom
An original poem by Dan Rattelle.
A Man Near Magnificence
An original poem by Colin Chan Redemer.
Votaries: The Blue Flower in Novalis, MacDonald, Lewis, and Robinson
Discover a forgotten influence on George Macdonald, C.S. Lewis, and Marilynne Robinson.
“And pain will be the thing that saves us”
An original poem by Tom C. Hunley