Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Masculinity Is Tragic
Late in the Iliad, the Trojan Lycaon begs Achilles to spare his life on the battlefield. Achilles…
Faithful Laity, More Priests
The philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre once described humans as “dependent, rational animals,” arguing in his text that, as…
United Methodism: How Conservatives Won the Debate, but Lost the Denomination
The “United” in “United Methodist Church” (UMC) has always been aspirational. The UMC was founded in 1968,…
Orthodox Christian Education
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. John Mark Reynolds joins…
What the Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Are Really About
The recent pro-Palestinian student protests on elite university campuses across the country offer fascinating, if somewhat depressing,…
Hitler’s Second Coming
It was surreal. President Biden began his State of the Union speech by invoking the Nazi threat.…
The Case Against the Abortion Pill
Here is how I buried the body of my fifth child: I took myself to the emergency…
The Myth of White Christian Nationalism
In his first speech as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson sounded like a…
The Carthusians of Vermont
In a hollow just north of Bennington, Vermont, near the New York state line, nineteen monks at…
Briefly Noted — 5/24
Contemporary Music and Spirituality edited by robert sholl and sander van maas routledge, 364 pages, $170 There…
Faith and Russian Literature
Russians take positions to the extreme. As a result, Russian intellectual history shows us where ideas may…
Boundaries of Belief
The Development of Dogma: A Systematic Account by guy mansini, o.s.b. catholic university of america, 192 pages,…
Dark Enchantment
Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come by John Daniel Davidson Regnery,…
Phono Sapiens
The Crisis of Narration by byung-chul han polity, 100 pages, $16.95 My friend J, a computer programmer,…
JD Vance, Religious Populist
For at least a generation, the phrase “religious right” has evoked a style of politics marked by…
