Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Three Necessary Societies
Rerum Novarum (1891) begins with this sentence: “That the spirit of new things [revolutionary change], which has…
Figure It In
Time and the Word:Figural Reading of the Christian Scripturesby ephraim radnereerdmans, 326 pages, $50 Moderns are accustomed…
How to Look at a Tree
Across the road from my house, presiding over a patch of lawn between my parish church and…
Mr. and Mrs. Fearmonger
The Cold World They Made:The Strategic Legacy of Roberta and Albert Wohlstetterby ron robinharvard, 365 pages, $35…
Singing Aquinas in L.A.
When I was a child in parochial school, we began each morning with daily Mass. My mother…
Interreligious Dialogue with Edge and Purpose
The evening of September 12, 2006, was, in a word, memorable. My wife and I were having…
What I Saw At The Debate Between Dissent and American Affairs
Down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass, young writers and editors dressed in black crowd into the offices…
Keep Christianity Weird
Destroyer of the Godsby larry hurtadobaylor, 304 pages, $19.95 Three professors at a prestigious divinity school recently…
Bearing Witness from Prison in Indonesia
He is called Ahok, and until a few weeks ago he was one of Indonesia’s most powerful…
Catholic Lite and Europe’s Demographic Suicide
Ten years ago, after my meditation on Europe, The Cube and the Cathedral, had appeared in several…
Ivanka, Jared, and the Jewish Sabbath
The media frenzy surrounding President Trump has included reports about his daughter and son-in-law’s observance of Jewish…
The Challenge of Fatima
If there were any doubts about the enduring power of Fatima, Pope Francis has put them to…
The Saul Complex
Saul’s three sins (1 Samuel 13-15) correspond to the sins of Adam, Cain, and the sons of…
Tracing Church History through Old Newspapers
There is a saying, variously attributed, that journalism is the first rough draft of history. There is…
A Hillarian Lesson for Church Leaders
Perhaps it was being “overcome with Paschal joy” (as the Prefaces for Easter put it). Maybe it…
