Jan C. Bentz

Dr. Jan C. Bentz is a philosopher and lecturer at Blackfriars, University of Oxford, where he teaches Thomistic philosophy, philosophical theology, aesthetics, and the history of philosophy. He regularly writes for The Catholic Herald and CATO.

Posts by Jan C. Bentz

July 15, 2026

The Ghosts of Postliberalism

Since the publication of Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed in 2018, a growing number of conservative and Catholic thinkers have challenged assumptions that long defined the postwar right. Deneen argued that liberalism has weakened the social institutions on which it depends. Continue Reading...
April 09, 2026

The Merchant Who Became a Saint

The figure of Omobono of Cremona occupies a peculiar place in Catholic history and Christian moral imagination. He is neither a monk nor a prince, neither a martyr nor a theologian, but a working merchant in a city whose life was already shaped by money, exchange, and competition. Continue Reading...