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[# Issue 26
Christmas 2024
Our Christmas 2024 issue features Matthew Walther on reading habits, Zena Hitz on Eva Brann, Byung-Chul Han on hope, Robert Wyllie on papal citations, Nic Rowan on human composting, Peter Howarth on William Morris, as well as contributions from Frederick Woodward, Edward Short, Brian Svoboda, Hannah Rowan, Theodore Dalrymple, Cajetan Skowronski, Asher Gelzer-Govatos, and B. D. McClay.
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[##### Articles
### Sergiu Celibidache
by
Asher Gelzer-Govatos
On the Romanian conductor.
### God in the Contact Zone
Robert Wyllie
On the Church and cyborg feminism.
### Sweetest Perfection
Frederick Woodward
On Sweetest Heart of Mary in Detroit.
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JONATHAN LIEDL, *Catholic Spirit*
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LEAH LIBRESCO SARGEANT, *Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name*
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## Popular Now
[##### Blog Post
### Mortal Institutions
By Jude Russo
On the death of a bar.
### Objects of Fascination
By Peter Hitchens
On unexplainable natural occurrences.
[##### Article
### Newman and the Historians
By Edward Short
On Newman's contemporary critics.
Most Popular
* 1
  The One Hundred Pages Strategy
  By Matthew Walther
* 2
  [How I Joined the Resistance
  By J. D. Vance
* 3
  [Objects of Fascination
  By Peter Hitchens
* 4
  [My Only Honor
* 5
  The Obelisks of Mortimer Lodge
  By Cajetan Skowronski
## Previous Issues
[### Issue 26
Our Christmas 2024 issue features Matthew Walther on reading habits, Zena Hitz on Eva Brann, Byung-Chul Han on hope, Robert Wyllie on papal citations, Nic Rowan on human composting, Peter Howarth on William Morris, as well as contributions from Frederick Woodward, Edward Short, Brian Svoboda, Hannah Rowan, Theodore Dalrymple, Cajetan Skowronski,…
[### Issue 25
Our Christ the King issue includes Sam Kriss on Taylor Swift, Nathan Payne on Catholic schools, Stanley Fish on the presidential election, Peter Hitchens on Ian Fleming, Edward Short on Hardy's poetry, as well as contributions from John F. Quinn, Carino Hodder, Jodi Magness, Vincent L. Strand, Jaspreet Singh Boparai, David Bentley Hart, Eduard…
[### Issue 24
Our Assumption issue includes Michael Hanby on bioethics, Leah Libresco Sargeant on the risks of parenthood, Ambrose Dobrozsi on I.V.F. and the Church, Robert Wyllie on Willa Cather, Charles Taylor on the meaning of life, as well as contributions from Joseph Epstein, Andrew Burnham, Peter Mottola, Christopher Caldwell, Theodore Dalrymple, Matthew…
[### Issue 23
Our Trinity issue includes Stanley Fish on justice, Hannah Rowan on fat, Edmund Waldstein on King Lear, Jude Russo on medical billing, Urban Hannon on Saint Perpetua, as well as contributions from Samantha Kelly, Will Thibeau, Jaspreet Singh Boparai, Theodore Dalrymple, Joseph Bottum, Nic Rowan, Thomas Colbyry, Jane Cooper, and Bill McCormick.
[### Issue 22
Our Easter issue includes Matthew Walther on VIRTUS, Timothy P. Carney on parenting, Clare Coffey on housekeeping, Peter Tonguette on his mother and the movies, Dan Hitchens on a rave in Canterbury, Nic Rowan on happiness, Mary Ann Glendon on her childhood, as well as contributions from Casey Chalk, Jude Russo, Jason Paone, Thomas Colbyry,…
[### Issue 21
Our Lent issue features Helen Andrews against human resources, Christopher Caldwell against human rights, Paul J. Griffiths against human flourishing, Robert Wyllie against humanity, Sam Kriss on drugs, Mary Harrington on feminism, John Ahern on modern music, as well as contributions from Francis Young, Lu Zhengxiang, Aníbal Sabater, Christopher…
## Archives
[##### Blog
### Rough Turkish
On the architectural layers of language.
### Fossil Record
B. D. McClay
On sugar plum dreams.
### Dirt in the Ground
Nic Rowan
On human composting.
### The Obelisks of Mortimer Lodge
Cajetan Skowronski
The winning entry in *The Lamp*’s 2024 Christmas ghost story contest.
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