Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Judaism, Christianity, and First Things
The Edgardo Mortara episode is a stain on the Catholic Church. Whatever one thinks about the efficacy…
Light from Dirty Harry on Biblical Morality
Our English word “hypocrite” comes from the Greek for a stage-actor, hupokrisis. Does it follow that acting…
Francis Canavan: A Jesuit for the Confused and Distressed
Fun is Not Enough: The Complete Catholic Eye Columns by francis canavan, s.j., edited by dawn eden goldstein;…
Paul VI in 2018
Paul VI’s landmark encyclical on birth control, Humanae Vitae, turns fifty this year. It was controversial before…
On Being Truly Dogmatic
I confess to being not well-versed in Chesterton. I did delve into some “Father Brown” in high…
Deliver Us From “Dynamic Equivalence”
Pope Francis has a problem with “lead us not into temptation,” the penultimate line of the Lord’s…
Donald Trump and the Evangelical “Crisis”
Recently, Ross Douthat raised some important questions about the future of evangelicalism in and after the Trump…
Evangelical Identity in an Age of Trump
With new books rolling off the presses, evangelicals continue to take stock of the age of Trump.…
On Refusing to Be Comforted This Christmastide
It is a commonplace that Christianity, being a faith in the manifestation of God in the flesh,…
Protestants and Contraception
Protestants are not known for their familiarity with papal encyclicals. We pride ourselves in doing things our…
Neuhaus Was Right
As the Berlin Wall fell, Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the end of history—“the universalization of Western liberal democracy…
Popery and Sedition
Gunpowdera miniseries created by ronan bennett, kit harrington, and daniel westbbc one Though its preeminence has been…
Chicken
(As in the movies, when the traffic swerves and skids to miss the hero in its way…
Jesus for Muslims
The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims by mustafa…
Padre Mestizo
On September 11, 2017, between midnight and dawn, a statue of Fr. Junípero Serra—whom generations of California…
