Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
From a Vanished Library
The library in question is not the Great Library of Alexandria, but it is every bit as…
The Touchstone Effect
Everyone should have a copybook of maxims. So I tell my students at the start of freshman…
Briefly Noted
The Contemplative Hunger by father donald haggerty ignatius, 259 pages, $17.95 Fr. Donald Haggerty’s first book, Contemplative…
Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style
In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, characters “go Galt” by disappearing into a valley, Galt’s Gulch, when society…
Waugh’s Helena, Father General, and the Reality of Revelation
Evelyn Waugh’s slim and critically unappreciated novel, Helena, was something of a literary experiment for a modern…
God’s Image, Man’s Crimes
Yesterday I discussed parts of Shane Claiborne’s Biblical arguments in Executing Grace in favor of abolishing the…
Death Penalties and the Divine
In Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It’s Killing Us, Shane Claiborne argues…
Pope Francis’s Achilles Heel
In a recent interview with the German paper Die Zeit, Pope Francis declared, “I am a sinner…
Pope Francis as Historian
During a friendly meeting on January 19 with an ecumenical delegation from Finland, Pope Francis affirmed his…
Harmony and the Scriptures: Lenten Reflections on Harnoncourt and Bach
“Do you know this performance of the St. John Passion conducted by Karl Richter?” a friend wrote.…
On “Owning” the Church
The question of “who owns the Church” has had a stormy history in Catholic America, although the…
Ecclesiology in Space
Some time ago a guarantee was given: “That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will…
Can We Talk?
So much of the Bible, and thus so much of the Bible’s theology, takes place through conversations.…
The Benedict Option and the Way of Exchange
Surely there has never been a richer and more deeply faithful model of Christian faith and practice…
The Most Dangerous Man in Christendom?
A phone call last week from a pastor friend brought this strange report: One of the leading…
