Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Why Australia’s Conservatives Won
Australian elections are usually predictable affairs. Typically, the party expected to win does win. But on May…
Alabama’s Challenge
By passing a law that protects life in the womb, Alabama has accomplished the unthinkable—according to the…
Age of Fear
Me: You said recently—probably on Twitter—that for the last year or so you’ve been reading books in…
Hilltops of the Holy Land
When Aaron Lipkin looks out, he sees biblical history all around. There is Bethel, where two bears…
Ever Devotedly in Notre Dame
Given the attention paid to Fr. Theodore Hesburgh these days, interested parties would do well to consult…
Persecution and Constitutional Theocracy
The Interim Report on global persecution, issued at Easter by the Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of…
Theology Matters
A nineteenth-century German rabbi said that it is far more important for God to describe Man than…
On the Composting of Thee and Me
In Herman Wouk’s novel War and Remembrance, Warren Henry shocks his Bible-reading father, the novel’s hero, by…
Fear and the Benedict Option
When people ask me if the Benedict Option is a call to hospitality or to hunker down,…
Is Pope Francis a Heretic?
Nineteen theologians and academics recently released a letter to all Catholic bishops throughout the world, accusing Pope…
Jesuits and The Catholic Mind
My first brush with the Society of Jesus was not a positive one. I was in eighth…
Tradition and Fertility in Eastern Europe
After more than a decade as a demographic laggard, eastern Europe is having a slight “baby boom.”…
Our Lady of Hope
In Georges Bernanos’s historical play Dialogues of the Carmelites, the scene is grim for the Catholic Church.…
Australia’s Poet
The Australian poet Les A. Murray (1938–2019) was born in Nabiac on the north coast of New…
Comfort and the Peanut
Our founding fathers are rarely praised as fountains of mirth. As a child, I read and reread…
