tNP update

Dear Reader,

The New Pantagruel is in the process of altering its publishing format, moving from a static, quarterly issue format like a traditional print journal to a more dynamic, rolling publishing format. From this point forward, we will publish new material as it is available. To kick off the format change, we have just posted three new articles and an interview:

Natural Law, the Death Penalty, and Political Theology: An Editorial Response to First Things, by Caleb Stegall (See Fr. Richard Neuhaus’s response in the marginalia.)

Knowledge is Not Power and Other Paradoxes, by James Schall, S.J.

Dying by Degrees, by William Luse

The Joy of Conservatism: an Interview with Roger Scruton, by Maxwell Goss

Also, for more on The New Pantagruel, be sure to pick up a copy of Rod Dreher's forthcoming book Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, ... America (or at least the Republican Party). Crunchy Cons features an extended interview with editor-in-chief Caleb Stegall. (Release date is 2/21/06.)

We are also pleased to be represented in the anthology The Best Christian Writing 2006, edited by John Wilson, with the inclusion of Gideon Strauss’s essay "My Africa Problem and Ours," originally published in tNP in 2004.

And as always, Fr. Jape keeps up with the latest absurdities and frippery in The Japery on a more or less consistent basis. We hope to see him joined soon by many additional regular commentators in our forthcoming multi-user blog, Gargantua's Mouth.

Thanks for reading,
F.
www.newpantagruel.com