Catholicism

Among all the qualities Protestants look for in their clergy, the one consistently rated highest is that…

On January 6, as scheduled, the bishops conference (USCCB) released the first report on compliance with the…

Few, if any, other theologians could have written The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian…

Martin Scorsese’s recent film The Gangs of New York takes us back to a time when religion,…

Intelligent and good people can end up taking wrongheaded positions, which is a point underscored by Paul…

In 1937 a group of Catholic and Protestant theologians, the latter being mainly Reformed and Lutheran, launched…

Last month I commented on the not very secret “secret meeting” between some bishops and a largeish…

“It’s the Bishops’ Problem” is the title of Tom Bethell’s column in the American Spectator . He’s…

There are many books on the history of anti-Catholicism in America, but the achievement of John T.…

The Victorian Translation of China: James Legge’s Oriental Pilgrimage by Norman Girardot University of California Press. 861…

Sometimes the complaint is heard that no one preaches about hell any longer. The subject of hell,…

Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. By Michael Dauphinais…

At the end of last month’s installment of this continuing rumination on Catholic trials and tribulations, I…

Flannery O’Connor: A Life by jean w. cash university of tennessee press, 392 pages, $30 Writing of…

In 1987, while I was still a Lutheran, I published a book titled The Catholic Moment: The…