Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Against the Dead Consensus
The 2016 election laid bare profound but long-hidden ideological divisions among America’s conservative intellectuals. Some of us…
A Tale of Two Georges
When a pope is elected, the cardinals who have just chosen him make their way to the…
The Fraud of Higher Education
In The Republic, Plato’s Socrates tells of a man who lives with a beast. The beast is…
California Threatens the Seal of Confession
On February 20, California Democratic State Senator Jerry Hill, whose affluent, liberal-leaning district encompasses the San Francisco…
Season of Ashes
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” we say at funerals. Why? Dust makes sense. Human beings are…
Redeeming the Time with St. Patrick
Every St. Patrick’s Day, some people insist on repeating “surprising” facts about Ireland’s patron saint. One of…
The Holy See and Cardinal Pell
Cardinal George Pell’s December 2018 conviction on charges of “historic sexual abuse” was a travesty of justice,…
Memorization and Repentance
Memorization is underrated. But it’s understandable that contemporary society puts it down: Why worry about mental storage…
Narrating Martyrdom
God in the Rainforest:A Tale of Martyrdom and Redemption in Amazonian Ecuadorkathryn t. longoxford, 446 pages, $34.95…
Making Sense of Hell
Eternal damnation has never been a wildly popular doctrine, but it seems to be coming under particular pressure at…
The Most Anti-Christian Country on Earth
The Taoiseach (to outsiders, Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar) recently responded to a call for crucifixes to…
Our Dreyfus Case
In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French Army was convicted of treason on the grounds…
Trump Attacks Planned Parenthood
Last week, the Trump Administration enacted the “Protect Life Rule,” which will change Title X regulations to begin…
Living Down Bombingham
Between 1947 and 1965, white vigilantes dynamited fifty black homes and churches in Birmingham, Alabama. On one…
The Civility Trap
Lots of folks are calling for civility these days, an understandable response to a shrill and polarized…
