Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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.…
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…
Specter of the Beatitudes
Workers’ Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britainedited by michael rosenprinceton, 328 pages, $19.95…
A Parting of Ways
So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me.” Genesis 13:8 We are brothers.…
Deus Absconditus (After Psalm 88)
When all is well it’s easy to confessYour goodness Lord, but when you disappearCapriciously ignoring our distressYou…
