A recent crackdown on religious liberty in Belarus offers a reminder of why freedom of religion so often comes into conflict with authoritarianism
Filip StyczynskiApril 10, 2025
The solidification of British national identity around Protestant piety, liberty, empire, and commerce played a significant yet under-discussed role in abolishing slavery
Eamonn BellinMarch 13, 2025
The plight of imprisoned Hong Konger Jimmy Lai is a case study in the failure of the Vatican to stand up for freedom of conscience and other universal rights Christian humanism upholds
Joseph CellaMarch 11, 2025
Although integralism specifically and postliberalism generally seem to be declining as philosophical projects, Kevin Vallier’s “All the Kingdoms of the World” still urges us to ask why these ideas were so popular in the first place
John SheltonNovember 21, 2024
Though Conclave is lazy and pandering, the book version does include an interesting examination of the intrinsic tensions within the Roman Catholic Church as embodying both temporal politics and spiritual guidance
Trey DimsdaleOctober 29, 2024
JD Vance’s approach to Ukraine seems closer to the isolationist realism of the MAGA establishment than the moral realism characteristic of the Catholic international relations tradition
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyOctober 2, 2024
The CCP’s recognition of the Vatican’s appointed Bishop Shi may be a sign of improving Sino-Catholic relations, or a ploy by China to further diplomatically isolate Taiwan
Antonio GraceffoSeptember 13, 2024
American conservatives would benefit from reading Ron Dart’s recent work, “The North American High Tory Tradition”
Jeffery Tyler SyckAugust 28, 2024
“In the Courts of Three Popes” by Mary Ann Glendon is an essential work for the recovery and renewal of a coherently Catholic IR theory
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyJune 7, 2024
