Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Bishops Get Their Report Card
On January 6, as scheduled, the bishops conference (USCCB) released the first report on compliance with the…
The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth
Few, if any, other theologians could have written The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian…
Protestants, Catholics, and Mary
In 1937 a group of Catholic and Protestant theologians, the latter being mainly Reformed and Lutheran, launched…
Catholicism as the Other
Martin Scorsese’s recent film The Gangs of New York takes us back to a time when religion,…
“Catholic Sectarianism”
Intelligent and good people can end up taking wrongheaded positions, which is a point underscored by Paul…
“This Hapless Bench”
Last month I commented on the not very secret “secret meeting” between some bishops and a largeish…
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…
