Hollywood’s "Exorcist" industry is alive and well: The sixth film in a series begun in 1973 is out and available to stream today. The Exorcist: Believer is not a particularly good movie, but it ...

I was relaxing at a coffee shop recently when up walked Jimmy Knechtel. He grabbed a chair and, frowning, thumped a few ...

Breakpoint: Natural disasters and the problem of evil and suffering January 4, 2025 by John Stonestreet and Timothy D. Padgett / Breakpoint ...

Who knew that Barry Manilow, the king of easy-listening music—smooth, soft, melodic, relaxed, emotive, catchy, vocally centered and lushly orchestrated, without the emphasis on rhythm and beat that ...

Editors’ note: The following is an edited version of remarks delivered for The New Criterion’s sixth annual Circle Lecture on September 26, 2024. Over the last six decades, a certain phrase has ...

Since last week’s newsletter offered a favorite argument for the existence of God, it’s only fair to balance the scales by considering a strong argument against religious faith, against the existence ...

The world has changed since President George W. Bush, in his 2002 State of the Union address, first called Iran, Iraq and North Korea the “Axil of Evil.” Today, there’s a different, four-country Axis ...

What does it mean to have faith, to believe in a God who is present when it seems like power and greed inevitably win? In the face of these kinds of questions it often feels like we need to address ...