Rabelaisian Catholicism

Artur Rosman

Hong Kong’s Moment of Zen: An Interview with Justin Tse

Artur Rosman interviews Justin Tse about the Hong Kong protests.

Artur Rosman

The Muslim Leadership Griffin

The irony is that the ISIS drive toward creating a Sunni caliphate is actually an attempt to create the sort of “Muslim leadership” that could take responsibility for its adherents.

Artur Rosman

Tragedy and Eucatastrophe: Woody Allen’s Recent Magic

Allen’s latest film Magic in the Moonlight has not received the credit it deserves. It conducts a thought experiment on the possibility of human conversion.

Artur Rosman

The Neo-Conservative Imagination: An Interview with Patrick Deneen, Part III

The final installment of Artur Rosman’s three-part interview with Patrick Deneen on conservatism, economics, and politics.

Artur Rosman

The Neo-Conservative Imagination: An Interview with Patrick Deneen, Part II

Part II of Artur Rosman’s interview series with Patrick Deneen.

Artur Rosman

The Polish Lesson: From Communism to Solidarity to Capitalism

Catholic social teaching is possible to realize on a large scale. But can it be sustained over the long term? Do Catholics have the wherewithal to try it again? Or are we stuck with “divide and conquer”?

Artur Rosman

The Neo-Conservative Imagination: An Interview with Patrick Deneen

What drives a neo-conservative reading of Catholic social teaching? And why does it cling so fast to capitalism as the great white hope?

Artur Rosman

Apologetics and the Perversity of Reason

Low-lier polemics could potentially be winning people for atheism. This calls to mind the great lesson of von Balthasar: the form of our theology matters as much as its content.