Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Arabian Knight
Lawrence of Arabia: My Journey in Search of T. E. Lawrence by Ranulph Fiennes Pegasus Books, 352…
To Catch a Plagiarist
The plagiarism wars have begun. Claudine Gay is out as president of Harvard, in large part because…
In Search of a Psalm to Sing in Dark Times
What shall I say, Lord, now that the words keep stumbling, tumbling like loose marbles across the…
Coming and Going
Disappearance is usually felt as something bad. When things disappear, we sense the pull of death, the…
Our Pagan Society
I recently assigned my high school sophomores Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic short story “The Ones Who…
What I Saw At Corrie Ten Boom’s Hiding Place
The Watchmaker’s Daughter:The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boomby larry loftis william morrow,…
What A Liberal Education Means
What exactly is a liberal education, and why is it important? Many see higher education as a…
The Difference Between Belief and Observance
When I was at All Souls College at Oxford some years ago I had a conversation during…
Everyday Freedom
Something is wrong. Throughout the West, people are angry, anxious, and discontented. Paradoxically, the ill temper arises…
Suicide of the Radical Right
On May 21, 2013, the French writer Dominique Venner took his own life in front of the…
Briefly Noted — 4/24
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by katherine rundell farrar, straus and giroux, 352 pages, $30 There’s…
Spinoza in Full
Spinoza, Life and Legacyby jonathan i. israeloxford university, 1,344 pages, $49.99 Cursed be he by day and cursed…
St. Nick Saban
When our exterminator, Ervin Humes, showed up at the house back in September 2023, he and I…
Cardinal Fernández Misleads
Joseph Ratzinger, better known as Pope Benedict XVI, stepped down from the papal ministry in 2013. But…
Biden’s Collegiate Catholicism
Whereas John F. Kennedy encouraged Americans to view his Catholic faith as a private matter, Joe Biden…
