Politics is indeed downstream from culture, but culture is influenced by politics as well
Luma SimmsJune 26, 2026
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
Kevin Flatt’s new book, “Secularization, Social Order, and World History” argues that the decline of religion is not an inevitable quasi-Hegelian phenomenon, but a particular
Paul MarshallJune 13, 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
The idea of a civilization can be used to bind disparate peoples into a shared political project. But in Iran, Turkey, India, and China, civilizational rhetoric increasingly serves to marginalize religious minorities.
Pranay Kumar ShomeJune 2, 2026
Winston Churchill’s ascendency to prime minister in May of 1940 is perhaps the most consequential moment in the history of Christian civilization
Francis P. SempaMay 28, 2026
The United States has long been able to absorb a wide variety of immigrants and subcultures, but only on the condition that there is a normative Christian culture to hold the plurality together. But today, there is less of a normative default culture than ever.
Luma SimmsMay 20, 2026
Honor constitutes the invisible bonds of trust that make civilization possible. Without it, no society can hope to persist from generation to generation.
Greg SchallerMay 13, 2026
