Books
Human Being and Citizen: Plato’s Apology of Socrates and the Humanities
– In Philippe Desan, ed., Engaging the Humanities at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The College of the University of Chicago, 1995), 39-42.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).Athens, Jerusalem, and Modern Science: An Interview with Leon Kass, Amy Apfel Kass, and Francis Oakley
– The Cresset LXXII (1): 27-33 (Michaelmas 2008).Excerpt: Those who, like Andrew Delbanco, advocate renewed efforts to bridge the gap between the “two cultures” of the sciences and the humanities as part of a larger endeavor to renew… More
Permanent Tensions, Transcendent Prospects
– In Christopher DeMuth and Yuval Levin, eds., Religion and the American Future (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2008), 83-117.Looking for an Honest Man: Reflections of an Unlicensed Humanist
– 38th Annual Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 21 May 2009.Excerpt: It is true that I have long been devoted to liberal education, and along with my wife, Amy Kass, and a few other colleagues at the University of Chicago, I helped found a… More
The God-Seeking Animal by Eric Cohen
– Eric Cohen, First Things, April, 2010.Excerpt: On the cover of Being Human, the anthology of writings collected by the President’s Council on Bioethics under Leon Kass’s stewardship, there is a picture of a ballerina… More
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass
– Yuval Levin, Thomas W. Merrill, and Adam Schulman, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, May 25, 2010.Summary: Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades—as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Essays
Human Being and Citizen: Plato’s Apology of Socrates and the Humanities
– In Philippe Desan, ed., Engaging the Humanities at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The College of the University of Chicago, 1995), 39-42.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).Athens, Jerusalem, and Modern Science: An Interview with Leon Kass, Amy Apfel Kass, and Francis Oakley
– The Cresset LXXII (1): 27-33 (Michaelmas 2008).Excerpt: Those who, like Andrew Delbanco, advocate renewed efforts to bridge the gap between the “two cultures” of the sciences and the humanities as part of a larger endeavor to renew… More
Permanent Tensions, Transcendent Prospects
– In Christopher DeMuth and Yuval Levin, eds., Religion and the American Future (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2008), 83-117.Looking for an Honest Man: Reflections of an Unlicensed Humanist
– 38th Annual Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 21 May 2009.Excerpt: It is true that I have long been devoted to liberal education, and along with my wife, Amy Kass, and a few other colleagues at the University of Chicago, I helped found a… More
The God-Seeking Animal by Eric Cohen
– Eric Cohen, First Things, April, 2010.Excerpt: On the cover of Being Human, the anthology of writings collected by the President’s Council on Bioethics under Leon Kass’s stewardship, there is a picture of a ballerina… More
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass
– Yuval Levin, Thomas W. Merrill, and Adam Schulman, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, May 25, 2010.Summary: Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades—as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Commentary
Human Being and Citizen: Plato’s Apology of Socrates and the Humanities
– In Philippe Desan, ed., Engaging the Humanities at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The College of the University of Chicago, 1995), 39-42.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).Athens, Jerusalem, and Modern Science: An Interview with Leon Kass, Amy Apfel Kass, and Francis Oakley
– The Cresset LXXII (1): 27-33 (Michaelmas 2008).Excerpt: Those who, like Andrew Delbanco, advocate renewed efforts to bridge the gap between the “two cultures” of the sciences and the humanities as part of a larger endeavor to renew… More
Permanent Tensions, Transcendent Prospects
– In Christopher DeMuth and Yuval Levin, eds., Religion and the American Future (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2008), 83-117.Looking for an Honest Man: Reflections of an Unlicensed Humanist
– 38th Annual Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 21 May 2009.Excerpt: It is true that I have long been devoted to liberal education, and along with my wife, Amy Kass, and a few other colleagues at the University of Chicago, I helped found a… More
The God-Seeking Animal by Eric Cohen
– Eric Cohen, First Things, April, 2010.Excerpt: On the cover of Being Human, the anthology of writings collected by the President’s Council on Bioethics under Leon Kass’s stewardship, there is a picture of a ballerina… More
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass
– Yuval Levin, Thomas W. Merrill, and Adam Schulman, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, May 25, 2010.Summary: Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades—as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Multimedia
Human Being and Citizen: Plato’s Apology of Socrates and the Humanities
– In Philippe Desan, ed., Engaging the Humanities at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The College of the University of Chicago, 1995), 39-42.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).Athens, Jerusalem, and Modern Science: An Interview with Leon Kass, Amy Apfel Kass, and Francis Oakley
– The Cresset LXXII (1): 27-33 (Michaelmas 2008).Excerpt: Those who, like Andrew Delbanco, advocate renewed efforts to bridge the gap between the “two cultures” of the sciences and the humanities as part of a larger endeavor to renew… More
Permanent Tensions, Transcendent Prospects
– In Christopher DeMuth and Yuval Levin, eds., Religion and the American Future (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2008), 83-117.Looking for an Honest Man: Reflections of an Unlicensed Humanist
– 38th Annual Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 21 May 2009.Excerpt: It is true that I have long been devoted to liberal education, and along with my wife, Amy Kass, and a few other colleagues at the University of Chicago, I helped found a… More
The God-Seeking Animal by Eric Cohen
– Eric Cohen, First Things, April, 2010.Excerpt: On the cover of Being Human, the anthology of writings collected by the President’s Council on Bioethics under Leon Kass’s stewardship, there is a picture of a ballerina… More
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass
– Yuval Levin, Thomas W. Merrill, and Adam Schulman, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, May 25, 2010.Summary: Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades—as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More
Teaching
Human Being and Citizen: Plato’s Apology of Socrates and the Humanities
– In Philippe Desan, ed., Engaging the Humanities at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL: The College of the University of Chicago, 1995), 39-42.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).Athens, Jerusalem, and Modern Science: An Interview with Leon Kass, Amy Apfel Kass, and Francis Oakley
– The Cresset LXXII (1): 27-33 (Michaelmas 2008).Excerpt: Those who, like Andrew Delbanco, advocate renewed efforts to bridge the gap between the “two cultures” of the sciences and the humanities as part of a larger endeavor to renew… More
Permanent Tensions, Transcendent Prospects
– In Christopher DeMuth and Yuval Levin, eds., Religion and the American Future (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2008), 83-117.Looking for an Honest Man: Reflections of an Unlicensed Humanist
– 38th Annual Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 21 May 2009.Excerpt: It is true that I have long been devoted to liberal education, and along with my wife, Amy Kass, and a few other colleagues at the University of Chicago, I helped found a… More
The God-Seeking Animal by Eric Cohen
– Eric Cohen, First Things, April, 2010.Excerpt: On the cover of Being Human, the anthology of writings collected by the President’s Council on Bioethics under Leon Kass’s stewardship, there is a picture of a ballerina… More
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver: Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass
– Yuval Levin, Thomas W. Merrill, and Adam Schulman, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, May 25, 2010.Summary: Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades—as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender… More
The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial
– Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2013.Excerpt: “As pain is to the body so repugnance is to the soul,” Dr. Kass says as we sit down for an interview in his book-lined office at the American Enterprise Institute,… More
Online Discussion of the Gettysburg Address
– WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org.What is the significance of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? Is it a funeral oration, a victory speech, a policy pitch, or something more? Was Lincoln’s purpose to break with a tainted… More