Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Rethinking “Mission Territory”
In his June 1908 apostolic constitution, Sapienti Consilio, Pope Pius X decreed that, as of November 3…
The Atheist’s Imagination
Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker wonders where God was in the Florida shootings. That’s what he said last week…
That Other Side of Jesus
Christians around the world have recently begun one of the most important seasons in the liturgical calendar:…
A Good and Faithful Servant
During his last “crusade,” held in New York City in 2005, Billy Graham, America’s great pastor-evangelist, declared:…
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ
Apocalypse” is the first word of the last book of the Christian Bible. It means “unveiling,” “disclosure,”…
The Legacy of Billy Graham
Billy Graham, who died Wednesday at age 99, may have addressed more people face-to-face than anyone else in…
Conscience and Grace: A Lenten Meditation
The scriptures of Lent in the Church’s daily liturgy invite two related reflections. The weeks immediately preceding…
Development, or Corruption?
This is the third in a series of reflections by Cardinal Müller on questions of present importance…
The Decipherment of Cupich
Having recently returned to Utopia from a scholarly visit to Cambridge (England), Basilides Melchischyros, of the Academia…
Taking Leave
Learning To Take Leave, Pope Francis’s new apostolic letter in the form of a motu proprio, addresses…
When Is a Lutheran Not a Lutheran?
Last Sunday, a New Jersey Lutheran church celebrated the transition of its pastor from womanhood to manhood.…
The Impossibility of “Alt-Right Christianity”
I am not anti-Christian. I’m a Lutheran,” says Hunter Wallace, an alt-right blogger cited in Matthew Rose’s…
Pork Roll, Lent, and Catholic Identity
A few weeks before Ash Wednesday, an Associated Press squib with Lenten implications appeared in the Washington…
Lenten Fasting Biohacks
Would you like your repentance to yield some return on investment this Lent? Perhaps in the form…
Death and Dappled Hope
Promise Me, Dad:A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purposeby joe bidenflatiron books, 272 pages, $27 Many politicians’…
