Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Notre-Dame, France’s Parish
When Paris was liberated from German occupation on August 25, 1944, there was no doubt in General…
From the Mount of Olives
Jesus begins his Palm Sunday march into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives (Matt. 21:1), which stands…
How Cardinal Wuerl Misled the Papal Foundation
In 2017, Cardinal Donald Wuerl provided false and misleading information to the board of the Papal Foundation…
Benedict and the Scandal
Writing nearly half a century ago (1970), the Italian Catholic philosopher Augusto Del Noce noted that I…
Creation, Redemption, Martyrdom: A Lenten Reflection
A Lenten quiz: Which came first, God’s creation of the world or God’s covenant with Israel? If…
Looking at Christ
Originally published as “Christus im Blick” in the March 28, 2019, issue of Die Tagespost. We are…
A Nation Under God
Our country has a long tradition of official encouragement of religion on a non-sectarian basis. That tradition…
Belgium After Danneels
The March death of eighty-five-year-old Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the famously liberal Catholic archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and primate…
Purity in the Digital Age
When my family lived in Colorado, one of our greatest pleasures was the long drive west from…
The High-Priced Spread, Revisited
Readers of a certain vintage (say, over sixty) will remember the Imperial Margarine TV ad that dismissed…
Bring Back the Blue Laws
My home state of North Dakota just removed the respirator from a dying vestige of American culture.…
Big Julie
James Boswell, who knew a thing or two about hero worship, called Julius Caesar “the greatest man…
Evangelicals and Zen Masters
One evening in 1995, at an evangelical Bible study in New Jersey for twenty-somethings, I learned that…
Violence and Politesse
Of all the places I’ve worked and played in my life, the politest one, the one where…
“Heaven and Everything Else”
I first read Abraham Joshua Heschel’s The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man less than twenty years after…
