A new collection of essays from “The New Criterion,” edited by Roger Kimball, seeks to define Western civilization and ask the critical question: Where next?
Jackson GreerJune 17, 2026
The Crucifixion was the moment Western civilization began, with the sign on the cross written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin functioning as the birth certificate of the West
Yuri WeiJune 8, 2026
Civilization is best preserved through forward-looking dynamism, not reactionary nostalgia. Yet every great City of Man must one day fall, and so our final hope must rest in the eternal City of God.
Jeffery Tyler SyckJune 4, 2026
A return to America’s spiritual founding is the West’s best hope against both woke utopianism on the left and a revival of religious chauvinism on the right
Bruce AbramsonMay 29, 2026
The decision to turn Haga Sophia from a museum back into a mosque sheds light on a broader truth about the reality of religious pluralism: multicultural openness is only possible if all cultures are willing to drop their pretensions of societal supremacy.
D.P. CurtinMarch 10, 2026
As the Armenian government distances itself from the Armenian Apostolic Church, Russia has doubled down on the politics of faith to retain influence—turning religion into an instrument of empire.
Ara NazarianJanuary 15, 2026
The sources of contemporary Thanksgiving are in the religious traditions found in England, the Netherlands, and the Old Testament
Yisroel BenporatNovember 27, 2025
