Category: IX.II (Autumn, 2025)

Sacred Prayers Drawn from the Psalms of David

Michael Riggins — November 2, 2025

Sacred Prayers Drawn from the Psalms of David

Five prayers from our forthcoming volume Sacred Prayers Drawn from the Psalms of David, The Peter Martyr Library Volume 3

Geriatric Pregnancy

Betsy Howard — November 2, 2025

Geriatric Pregnancy

An original poem by Betsy Howard

Exposure

Ben Egerton — November 2, 2025

Exposure

An original poem by Ben Egerton

The Market as God: A Review

M. W. Sinnett — November 2, 2025

The Market as God: A Review

Harvey Cox explores the spiritual implications of an old theme from Adam Smith

A Hermeneutic of Imagination: Unlocking Scripture’s Full Potential: A Review

Louis Markos — November 2, 2025

A Hermeneutic of Imagination: Unlocking Scripture’s Full Potential: A Review

Louis Markos reviews a new book that encourages readers to attend to the literary qualities of Scripture

Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry: A Review 

Zsanna Mária Bodor — November 2, 2025

Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry: A Review 

Dana Gioia's new book on opera restores the libretto to its central place.

Reconstructing Moral Formation: The Traits and Habits that Allow Jane Austen’s Heroines to Build Virtue

Robin Jean Harris — November 2, 2025

Reconstructing Moral Formation: The Traits and Habits that Allow Jane Austen’s Heroines to Build Virtue

Robin Harris reads Jane Austen's novels with an eye toward how virtue is formed in the characters — and the readers

Deus Est or Deus ex Machina?: How René Descartes Rescued Anselm’s Ontological Argument From Thomas’s Critique

Nathan Johnson — November 2, 2025

Deus Est or Deus ex Machina?: How René Descartes Rescued Anselm’s Ontological Argument From Thomas’s Critique

Nathan Johnson shows how Anselm's ontological argument finds an unlikely ally in Rene Descartes

A Thomist: Quid Sit?

Ryan Hurd — November 2, 2025

A Thomist: Quid Sit?

Ryan Hurd defines what it means to be a Thomist

Theology as a Science: The Story of Aristotle’s Recovery and the Thomistic Revolution

Tim Jacobs — November 1, 2025

Theology as a Science: The Story of Aristotle’s Recovery and the Thomistic Revolution

Tim Jacobs tells the story of how Aristotle's writings became the foundation of Thomistic scientific theological method