Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Boundaries of Belief
The Development of Dogma: A Systematic Account by guy mansini, o.s.b. catholic university of america, 192 pages,…
Dark Enchantment
Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come by John Daniel Davidson Regnery,…
Phono Sapiens
The Crisis of Narration by byung-chul han polity, 100 pages, $16.95 My friend J, a computer programmer,…
JD Vance, Religious Populist
For at least a generation, the phrase “religious right” has evoked a style of politics marked by…
Arabian Knight
Lawrence of Arabia: My Journey in Search of T. E. Lawrence by Ranulph Fiennes Pegasus Books, 352…
To Catch a Plagiarist
The plagiarism wars have begun. Claudine Gay is out as president of Harvard, in large part because…
In Search of a Psalm to Sing in Dark Times
What shall I say, Lord, now that the words keep stumbling, tumbling like loose marbles across the…
Coming and Going
Disappearance is usually felt as something bad. When things disappear, we sense the pull of death, the…
Our Pagan Society
I recently assigned my high school sophomores Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic short story “The Ones Who…
What I Saw At Corrie Ten Boom’s Hiding Place
The Watchmaker’s Daughter:The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boomby larry loftis william morrow,…
What A Liberal Education Means
What exactly is a liberal education, and why is it important? Many see higher education as a…
The Difference Between Belief and Observance
When I was at All Souls College at Oxford some years ago I had a conversation during…
Everyday Freedom
Something is wrong. Throughout the West, people are angry, anxious, and discontented. Paradoxically, the ill temper arises…
Suicide of the Radical Right
On May 21, 2013, the French writer Dominique Venner took his own life in front of the…
Briefly Noted — 4/24
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by katherine rundell farrar, straus and giroux, 352 pages, $30 There’s…
