Theology
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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…
The Civil Marriage Business
In his 2015 Erasmus Lecture, Archbishop Charles Chaput called on America’s bishops to reconsider the Church’s role…
Thoughts on the Western Wall, Fifty Years Later
Photographs can capture exceptional moments in an iconic way, making the original experience “present” emotionally as well…
Waiting for Vatican Reform
Pope Francis raised great expectations when, on April 13, 2013, one month after being elected to Peter’s…
The Universal Russian Soul
Russia is turning inward. As the fabric of purpose and identity seems to fray among Western nations,…
Alvin Plantinga’s Masterful Achievement
When Alvin Plantinga was awarded this year’s Templeton Prize, he joined a host of other prominent winners, including Mother…
Samson’s Spirituality
Samson is the most Spiritual man in the Old Testament, the most Pentecostal of Israel’s heroes. Given…
Pope Francis’s Dichotomies
The Roots of Pope Francis’s Social and Political Thought:From Argentina to the Vaticanthomas r. rourkerowman and littlefield,…
Watching George Pell
Cardinal George Pell, emeritus Archbishop of Sydney and now resident in Rome, is Australia’s most senior prelate.…
The Age of Concentration
Many regard Russia as backward, lagging behind the West. This is not so. Our shared civilization is…
Dress Up
For quite a few years now, academic philosophers and sociologists, as well as popular social commentators who…