Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Losing Control of History
If there is one concept that’s taken a massive hit from Donald Trump’s election, it is the…
The Ecumenical Gospel
For many Evangelical Protestants, the gospel is justification by grace alone through faith alone. It’s the good…
Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”
Looking for some uplift after this tawdry election cycle? Some inspiration for tackling what lies ahead? A…
No Mystical Body on the Religious Right
Russell Moore’s 2016 Erasmus lecture, “Can the Religious Right be Saved?,” provided a wide-ranging indictment of the…
Gnostic Longings
Some years ago, an older friend turned fifty and his body suddenly fell apart. He had several…
The Gospel According to Jack Chick
Jack Chick passed away last week. If the name sounds obscure, would it help if I mentioned…
Letters
Deplorable In his August/September column, “Bigot-Baiting,” R. R. Reno charges that the Democratic Party is largely a…
The End of Christendom
Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450–1650 by carlos m. n. eire yale, 920 pages, $40 Next year…
A Joyful Misanthrope
Ninety-Nine Stories of God by joy williams tin house, 168 pages, $19.95 Joy Williams has often been…
Catholicism in an Age of Discontent
We are at a turning point. For the past fifty years the Catholic Church has taken an…
The Sentimentality Trap
A textbook I use for my introductory poetry classes, the classic Western Wind, defines sentimentality as “emotion…
We Are Not Tools
During my time at Princeton, there was no more popular insult than “tool,” an epithet hurled at…
Whistling Past the Grave
When we talk about the key shifts of the twentieth century—those involving politics, trade, consumption, art—we leave…
What the Novelist Knows
The novelist and diarist Julien Green described in his diary a conversation he had with a French…
The Priesthood of all Believers
Today is Reformation Day, so called because on October 31, 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk…
