Books
What’s Wrong with Babel?
– The American Scholar 58 (1): 41-60, Winter 1989.Abstract: Traces the history of God’s working with the people of Israel. Book of Genesis, which teaches God as creator and authority, and man as seeking independence and… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
The Follies of Freedom and Reason: An Old Story
– In Richard Velkley, ed., Freedom and the Human Person (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2007).Seminar on Freedom and Individuality: “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Jack London, like the unnamed man described in the story “To Build a Fire,” lived on the edge. Born in 1876, he died a short forty years later. As a young man, he was a full-fledged… More
Seminar on Equality: “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born and raised in Indianapolis and later left college to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II. He spent time as a German prisoner of war and won a… More
Seminar on Freedom and Religion: “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), novelist and short story writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts into an old, established New England family. His great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne,… More
Seminar on Self-Command: “The Project for Moral Perfection” by Benjamin Franklin
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.As the youngest son of the youngest son for five generations back, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was by custom and tradition destined to be a nobody. Yet thanks to his own resourcefulness,… More
Pride, Lust, Technology—and the Hebrew Bible
– Video conversation with Leon R. Kass, Mosaic, July 2013.Last month, Mosaic visited Leon R. Kass, author of our June essay, “The Ten Commandments,” in his Washington, D.C. office. We spoke first about the passions, the human heart and its… More
Essays
What’s Wrong with Babel?
– The American Scholar 58 (1): 41-60, Winter 1989.Abstract: Traces the history of God’s working with the people of Israel. Book of Genesis, which teaches God as creator and authority, and man as seeking independence and… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
The Follies of Freedom and Reason: An Old Story
– In Richard Velkley, ed., Freedom and the Human Person (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2007).Seminar on Freedom and Individuality: “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Jack London, like the unnamed man described in the story “To Build a Fire,” lived on the edge. Born in 1876, he died a short forty years later. As a young man, he was a full-fledged… More
Seminar on Equality: “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born and raised in Indianapolis and later left college to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II. He spent time as a German prisoner of war and won a… More
Seminar on Freedom and Religion: “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), novelist and short story writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts into an old, established New England family. His great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne,… More
Seminar on Self-Command: “The Project for Moral Perfection” by Benjamin Franklin
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.As the youngest son of the youngest son for five generations back, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was by custom and tradition destined to be a nobody. Yet thanks to his own resourcefulness,… More
Pride, Lust, Technology—and the Hebrew Bible
– Video conversation with Leon R. Kass, Mosaic, July 2013.Last month, Mosaic visited Leon R. Kass, author of our June essay, “The Ten Commandments,” in his Washington, D.C. office. We spoke first about the passions, the human heart and its… More
Commentary
What’s Wrong with Babel?
– The American Scholar 58 (1): 41-60, Winter 1989.Abstract: Traces the history of God’s working with the people of Israel. Book of Genesis, which teaches God as creator and authority, and man as seeking independence and… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
The Follies of Freedom and Reason: An Old Story
– In Richard Velkley, ed., Freedom and the Human Person (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2007).Seminar on Freedom and Individuality: “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Jack London, like the unnamed man described in the story “To Build a Fire,” lived on the edge. Born in 1876, he died a short forty years later. As a young man, he was a full-fledged… More
Seminar on Equality: “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born and raised in Indianapolis and later left college to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II. He spent time as a German prisoner of war and won a… More
Seminar on Freedom and Religion: “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), novelist and short story writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts into an old, established New England family. His great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne,… More
Seminar on Self-Command: “The Project for Moral Perfection” by Benjamin Franklin
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.As the youngest son of the youngest son for five generations back, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was by custom and tradition destined to be a nobody. Yet thanks to his own resourcefulness,… More
Pride, Lust, Technology—and the Hebrew Bible
– Video conversation with Leon R. Kass, Mosaic, July 2013.Last month, Mosaic visited Leon R. Kass, author of our June essay, “The Ten Commandments,” in his Washington, D.C. office. We spoke first about the passions, the human heart and its… More
Multimedia
What’s Wrong with Babel?
– The American Scholar 58 (1): 41-60, Winter 1989.Abstract: Traces the history of God’s working with the people of Israel. Book of Genesis, which teaches God as creator and authority, and man as seeking independence and… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
The Follies of Freedom and Reason: An Old Story
– In Richard Velkley, ed., Freedom and the Human Person (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2007).Seminar on Freedom and Individuality: “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Jack London, like the unnamed man described in the story “To Build a Fire,” lived on the edge. Born in 1876, he died a short forty years later. As a young man, he was a full-fledged… More
Seminar on Equality: “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born and raised in Indianapolis and later left college to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II. He spent time as a German prisoner of war and won a… More
Seminar on Freedom and Religion: “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), novelist and short story writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts into an old, established New England family. His great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne,… More
Seminar on Self-Command: “The Project for Moral Perfection” by Benjamin Franklin
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.As the youngest son of the youngest son for five generations back, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was by custom and tradition destined to be a nobody. Yet thanks to his own resourcefulness,… More
Pride, Lust, Technology—and the Hebrew Bible
– Video conversation with Leon R. Kass, Mosaic, July 2013.Last month, Mosaic visited Leon R. Kass, author of our June essay, “The Ten Commandments,” in his Washington, D.C. office. We spoke first about the passions, the human heart and its… More
Teaching
What’s Wrong with Babel?
– The American Scholar 58 (1): 41-60, Winter 1989.Abstract: Traces the history of God’s working with the people of Israel. Book of Genesis, which teaches God as creator and authority, and man as seeking independence and… More
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
– Free Press, 2003.Summary: As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it’s also… More
The Follies of Freedom and Reason: An Old Story
– In Richard Velkley, ed., Freedom and the Human Person (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2007).Seminar on Freedom and Individuality: “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Jack London, like the unnamed man described in the story “To Build a Fire,” lived on the edge. Born in 1876, he died a short forty years later. As a young man, he was a full-fledged… More
Seminar on Equality: “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born and raised in Indianapolis and later left college to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II. He spent time as a German prisoner of war and won a… More
Seminar on Freedom and Religion: “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), novelist and short story writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts into an old, established New England family. His great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne,… More
Seminar on Self-Command: “The Project for Moral Perfection” by Benjamin Franklin
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.As the youngest son of the youngest son for five generations back, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was by custom and tradition destined to be a nobody. Yet thanks to his own resourcefulness,… More
Pride, Lust, Technology—and the Hebrew Bible
– Video conversation with Leon R. Kass, Mosaic, July 2013.Last month, Mosaic visited Leon R. Kass, author of our June essay, “The Ten Commandments,” in his Washington, D.C. office. We spoke first about the passions, the human heart and its… More