Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Serve Somebody
Once, as an impecunious PhD student, I decided I had to forgo my weekly Hill Street Blues…
The Battle Over the Museum of the Bible
One thing you’ve got to say about the brand-new Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C: It’s…
In Defense of Regal Popes
Given that the evils against which he fought—totalitarian repression, unrestrained capitalism, sexual immorality, moral heresy, aggressive secularism,…
A Cool Cardinal
Blase Cupich wants Catholics to grow up. Cardinal archbishop of a city famous for the husky, brawling…
Pope Francis and the Youth
The recent meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops in Baltimore attracted significant notice, with Kansas City’s Archbishop Joseph…
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…
