Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
An AI Thanksgiving Proclamation
We live in metaphysically desolate times. An increasing number of us—particularly among the millennial generation—now reject Christianity…
A Museum for Which to Be Thankful
On September 29, 1952, the publication of the complete Revised Standard Version of the Bible was celebrated…
Evangelicals and Orthodox Together
Earlier this month, I moderated a panel at Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center on the nascent…
The Promise and Limits of Covenant Polity
Liberal order is under siege. Populist and nationalist movements in the U.S. and across Europe challenge the…
Four Ideas About Development
I wish to draw attention to four obvious ideas about what is called “development of doctrine,” which,…
The Religion of Muggles
The main reason for disliking the Harry Potter books is obviously their membership in
The Academic Advantages of the Bible
For years, Christians have asserted that the removal of the study of the Bible from public school…
Is Pope Francis a Liberal Protestant?
Is the pope Catholic?” For at least a century, this was the way we Anglicans joked about…
As the Bard Might Say . . .
Four centuries after his death, Shakespeare remains a peerless playwright because of his remarkable insight into the…
Christian Freedom
Earlier this year, when the British MP Jacob Rees-Mogg told an incredulous TV presenter that he objects…
A Harvest of Witnesses
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus is a crafty and deceitful king, condemned by Zeus to roll a huge…
Pope Francis’s Reset Button
The past two years have seen endless conflict over Pope Francis’s 2016 post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris laetitia.…
An Exercise in Thoughtless “Theology”
In July, Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, and Marcelo Figueroa, a Presbyterian pastor and editor…
The Godless Nursery School
Hell hath no fury like secular parents in one of America’s most expensive zip codes when they…
“You Have to Decide.”
In writing Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II, one of my secondary…
