Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Conqueror’s Triumph

Peter J. Leithart

Ascension Day, celebrated by the Western Church on May 14 this year, is the neglected stepchild of…

Centesimus Annus at Thirty-Five

George Weigel

Thirty-five years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his most developed social encyclical, Centesimus Annus; its title…

Why Me?

Ephraim Radner

I visited a friend of mine a few years ago. He was a deeply faithful theologian, but without…

The Wrongness of Human Death

Victor Lee Austin

Decay and death seem built into the structure of physical creation. Even if there could be a…

Climbing and Death

R. R. Reno

During the last year or so, I’ve worked on a memoir. The topic is my youth spent…

Recovering the University’s Soul

Robert Barron

The contemporary university is widely acknowledged to be in crisis. Loss of public confidence, relentless tuition increases,…

How Science Killed Materialism

Michel-Yves Bolloré

At the beginning of the twentieth century, materialists could feel triumphant. The four preceding centuries had yielded…

God and Man at MIT

Siddhu Pachipala

The pamphleteers are hard to miss. They stand in front of the big doors of Lobby 7,…

Does Just War Doctrine Require Moral Certainty?

Edward Feser

Pope Leo XIV has made it clear that the U.S. war on Iran does not, in his…

The Church of David Bowie

John Duggan

David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and Godby peter ormerodbloomsbury, 256 pages, $28 Thirty-four years…

Finding a Pulse 

Michael Hanby

Trueman’s new book, The Desecration of Man, should further cement his authority. It supplements, focuses, and in…

An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.

George Weigel

Your Eminence: In an article recently published by a major German Catholic website, you suggested that the…

In Defense of Cultural Christianity

James R. Wood

More than two centuries ago, Søren Kierkegaard attacked the established church of his native Denmark. He denounced…

Not So Evil Empire

Peter J. Leithart

Reformed thinkers have recently been debating whether or not civil officials should endorse Christianity and promote and…

Dawn of a New Pre-Christian West 

Iben Thranholm

Across the Western world, especially in France, Britain, and the United States, we are seeing a remarkable…