Lydia S. Dugdale on the loss of the Hippocratic Oath and the lack of an ethic to explain medicine’s telos.

Peter Mommsen, editor of Plough, writes that in a culture addicted to endless choice, vows offer a higher freedom.

David Bentley Hart writes that apocalypse, not dogma or tradition, is what gives Christianity grounds for hope in his book Tradition and Apocalypse.

Cardinal Peter Turkson speaks about ecological challenges and how more community may be an answer.

Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz writes on John’s Revelation, apocalypse, fear, and why there is still hope.

The artwork of Wassily Kandinsky reveals his apocalyptic visions. Shira Telushkin reviews the Around the Circle exhibit of Kandinsky’s art at the Guggenheim.

Eberhard Arnold tells how the first Christians viewed the end of the age.

Susannah Black Roberts, Peter Mommsen, Shadi Hamid and Damir Marusic talk about Yoram Hazony’s National Conservative Statement of Principles, John Milbank’s Open Letter, and what postliberalism means.

They talk about what the NatCon statement implies about what state power should be used for, and then find themselves discussing abortion, and the future of the country given the profound differences that exist.

They talk about whether slavery and abortion are fundamentally different kinds of questions, about the nature of law, about assisted dying in Canada, whether and how progress happens.

The conversation then turns to the nature of religious truth, and on what politics is based on – sociability, justice, or love?

Brandon Mcginley, a father of young children, shares insights on whether or not to shield kids from tragic news.

Mindy Belz reports on Syrian refugees after the war with ISIS, who returned home to start over.