Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Creation Careless
In 2008, I argued in Creation Care magazine that John McCain was the only candidate who could…
Laughing into Modernity
Christians have long worried over laughter. Church fathers pointed out that Jesus wept but never laughed, and…
Blasphemy in Denmark
The New York Times reports that a local prosecutor in Denmark has brought a blasphemy charge against…
The Right to Be Yourself?
During the rollout of our university’s Preferred First Name Policy (PFNP), the McGill Reporter offered this apologia…
A New Lenten Discipline
For Lent 2016, I adopted a new Forty Days discipline in addition to intensified prayer, daily almsgiving,…
The Erosion of Catholic Sacramental Discipline in Germany
On February 1, 2017, the German Bishops’ Conference published a press release announcing their new document, “The…
The Bishop and the Nazis
Count Clemens August von Galen, a member of an old aristocratic family, was consecrated Bishop of Münster…
A Book for Me and All Protestants to Read
I recently had the privilege of recording an hour-long conversation with Archbishop Charles Chaput, reflecting on the…
“Speciesism” Opens the Door to Bigotry
Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer popularized “speciesism,” a derogatory term for the belief that it is acceptable to…
A Lent to Remember
The best Lent of my life involved getting up every day at 5:30 a.m., hiking for miles…
Waiting for a Young Pope
The Young Pope, HBO’s series about an arch-reactionary successor to Pope Francis, is often boring and occasionally…
The Brethren
The brethren walk about in hats / And up they go and down they go. / The…
Anniversary
This second circle—coming back again / to the coming back—the sweeping dial / of days; where all…
Discernment of Situation
Is the pope Catholic?” used to be an answer, not a question. Alas, it has become a…
The Party Theorist
Russia has annexed part of Crimea, has usurped America’s role as arbiter of winners and losers in…
