American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Economics as Eugenics
Gregory Clark’s A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World is not quite as…
Canadian-Americans, The Civil War, Hillary Clinton and a Strange New Respect for Religion
It’s an odd thing about us transplanted Canadians. In truth, most of my siblings and I (there…
Theology and Civil Authority in Time of War
Two fine recent articles by evangelical scholars serve to highlight a problem I have mentioned before in…
Women and the Catholic Priesthood
In May 1994, Pope John Paul II issued his apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis. It is, as far…
Renewing the Church, Converting the World
I’d like to start with a proposition. Here it is: To be a Christian is to believe…
We Are More Logical Than We Know
Last month I posted here some thoughts about abortion rights and the right to die. At Mirror…
Aphorisms, Sartre, Bishops, and Prudential Judgment
The English language is so very rich, and not least when it comes to language about language.…
Expiating Our Eco-Sins?
The pope has stepped up his rhetoric in favor of it. The retired cardinal archbishop of Washington…
Sex and Mysticism
Advice given to tourists in Scotland is equally applicable to contemporary academia: “If you don’t like the…
Prayer and Politics
Last Friday, on the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross (September 14), Pope Benedict’s motu proprio…
The Florentine Enigma
During the summer of 1502, the young Republic of Florence appeared fated to die as quickly as…
The Competence of Bishops, Once More
On July 31, I posted here ” A Respectful Word on Episcopal Competence .” Bishop Thomas Wenski…
Harry Potter and the Christian Critics
A curious teapot tempest of the sort one only finds in the hothouse of Extremely Earnest Conservative…
God and Imaginary Numbers
Impossible, irrational, delusionary, absurd, untrustworthy, fictitious, imaginary: You can’t read much about religion today without encountering these…
A Respectful Word on Episcopal Competence
The word competence has several meanings, most of which congregate around ability and authority . It is…
