Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Briefly Noted
Pieter Bruegelby larry silverabbeville, 464 pages, $150 Times were hard in the Low Countries during the life…
Learning to Love Our Earthly Home
Congratulations to Trenton Mattingly for winning second place in our third annual Student Essay Contest. Here is…
Getting Ready for Synod-2018
The headline on a March 3 story at the Crux website was certainly arresting: “Cardinal on charges…
Planning Parenthood
I am not a fan of Natural Family Planning. My husband and I have been using NFP—or…
The Lamb in the Confessional
Chateaubriand’s autobiography, Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb, evokes a series of times and places as various as the…
An Open Letter to Pro-Life Sidewalk Witnesses
Recently, Charlotte Allen recounted her experience as a pro-life witness outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington,…
Behind the Curtain of Assisted Suicide Advocacy
The United States assisted suicide movement claims that it wants only a limited “reform” of law and…
Learning from the White Rose
Seventy-five years ago last month, Sophie and Hans Scholl and their friend Christian Probst were executed by…
Is There a Saving Truth?
This is the fourth in a series of reflections by Cardinal Müller on questions of present importance…
Filling Up What Is Lacking
Protestants are convinced that Christ’s crucifixion is utterly sufficient to atone for our sins. For many, this…
Evangelicalism After Billy Graham
As soon as word broke about the death of Billy Graham, the most influential Christian evangelist of…
The Unexpectedly Non-controversial Placuit Deo
On Thursday, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a letter to the Catholic bishops…
When Catholics Criticize the Pope
C. S. Lewis never read the newspapers. Though this habit led to some memorable blunders—he was under…
Discernment Über Alles
The German bishops have announced that they will soon publish new guidelines for reception of the Holy…
Dynamics of Disembodiment
In this series, the First Things junior fellows share mini-essays on their current reading endeavors. Connor GrubaughAssistant Editor Most…
