Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Map of the Soul
“Doctor, what’s that sound?” The voice startled me. I was performing brain surgery on a woman with…
Contemplaiting
Every Sunday school student is acquainted with Scripture’s great hair. First comes Esau the hairy man—possibly a…
Harvard’s First Light
During seven years of graduate study at Harvard University, I frequently passed through Johnson Gate into Harvard…
Rousseau, Sanders, and the Religious Test
During last year’s presidential election campaign, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a latecomer to the Democratic Party, positioned…
Denying Transcendence
Near the beginning of his Life of St. Macrina, Gregory of Nyssa hesitates over a seemingly self-evident…
It’s Howdy Doody Time!
Three or four times each month, Father X (as I’ll call him here) celebrates the noontime daily…
The Transfiguration of Death
A long century separates us from the Great War and the “lost generation” that suffered through it—lost,…
Prejudice and the Blaine Amendments
During the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will hand down its decision in Trinity Lutheran of Columbia,…
The Sporting Spirit
A few years ago, I received from a high-ranking prelate a reply to an article published by…
Anne Frank’s Enduring Testament
Seventy-five years ago this month, Anne Frank began a diary, reflecting: “Writing in a diary is a…
The Mystery of Mary
Rachel Fulton Brown is associate professor of history at the University of Chicago, where she writes and…
Hate Has a Home
Recently I took part in a panel discussion on the nature of civil society. At some point…
Pack Your Bags
When you’re sick and know you’re going to die you do what’s called putting your affairs in…
Opening Up the World
I am in Portsmouth, Rhode Island this weekend, attending “Being Human: Christian Perspectives on the Human Person,” an…
Way beyond the New Atheist Nonsense
Given the intellectual flimsiness of their work, it’s best to look for cultural causes to explain the…
