Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Liberal Ressentiment
Age of Anger: A History of the Presentby pankaj mishra farrar, straus and giroux, 320 pages, $26 Despite…
Dying of Despair
On November 4, 2014, sixteen-year-old Cameron Lee, a popular, athletic, straight-A student at Henry M. Gunn High…
From What Is Left Over
Nearly a decade ago, I had the privilege of attending a lecture by Pope Benedict, “The Roots…
Back to Work
In 1974, the year I turned nineteen, I took my first real job in the goods store…
Love Alone
We’ve started a reading group here in the office, and in early June we sat down to…
Dirty Laundry
The town’s dilapidated LaundromatIs packed this morning with a crowd of menAnd women, hauling bulky laundry sacks—A…
On a Photograph of My Cousin Jean
As lovely as a girl aged twenty-twocan be—intelligent, slim, self-possessed,and beautiful. It’s Florida; it’s newto her, like…
My Shamanic Healing
When I last visited New Orleans, the Robert E. Lee Monument was being used as an altar.…
The Jew’s Lament
The Jews’ saddest day is the Ninth of Av, which this year is Tuesday. During a fast…
Pride and Progress
When God judges Israel, he throws the world clock into reverse and makes time run backwards. In…
In Defense of Converts
Over at the National Catholic Reporter blog, Michael Sean Winters is pointing readers to a recent Al-Jazeera…
Our Cultural Waterloo
Tradition ascribes to the Duke of Wellington the saying that the Battle of Waterloo was won on…
What Are We For?
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, and…
Theology of the Booty
They’re Cows, We’re Pigsby carmen boullosagrove press, 192 pages, $12 A few years ago, the website You…
Mary Magdalene, Feminist Icon?
Tomorrow Christendom observes the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. The woman from Magdala in Galilee was a…
