Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Bishops’ Problem
“It’s the Bishops’ Problem” is the title of Tom Bethell’s column in the American Spectator . He’s…
Catholics, Protestants, and the Meanings of Freedom
There are many books on the history of anti-Catholicism in America, but the achievement of John T.…
Finding God in China
The Victorian Translation of China: James Legge’s Oriental Pilgrimage by Norman Girardot University of California Press. 861…
The Population of Hell
Sometimes the complaint is heard that no one preaches about hell any longer. The subject of hell,…
The Catholic Center
At the end of last month’s installment of this continuing rumination on Catholic trials and tribulations, I…
Briefly Noted 30
Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. By Michael Dauphinais…
Flannery O’Connor: A Life
Flannery O’Connor: A Life by jean w. cash university of tennessee press, 392 pages, $30 Writing of…
The Persistence of the Catholic Moment
In 1987, while I was still a Lutheran, I published a book titled The Catholic Moment: The…
It’s the Theology, Stupid
What went wrong, and when, and why? Father Robert W. Crooker of the University of St. Thomas…
Jacques Maritain and Vatican Council II
When, many years ago, I first read Jacques Maritain’s The Peasant of the Garonne, I shared the…
What Should Pius XII Have Done?
“During the discussion about the possible beatification/canonization of Pope Pius XII the major critique of Pius has…
Media Abused and Abusing
“Abused by the Media,” while not without its own problems, is a valuable article by Peter Steinfels,…
Economics as Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
Economics, as a social science, occupies a peculiar space within academic and national life. Economists deal with…
What Is Ancient Philosophy?
According to Pierre Hadot, a prominent historian of ancient thought and professor emeritus at the CollËge de…
Scandal Time: A Palpable Change
There is, as of this writing, something of a lull in the storms of crisis that have…
