Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Devil and Hilary Mantel
By now, everyone who reads contemporary fiction will have heard of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the…
Our Canaanite Woman
I made my first confession last month, and it was easier than I expected. Not that I…
Letter to a Campus Activist
You appear confident, but are unsure. You appear angry, but are afraid. You appear righteous, but are…
Absolute Reason
The Collected Works of Spinoza, Vols. I and II edited and translated by edwin curley princeton, 1,544…
Reformed Ressourcement
Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholicedited by michael allen and scott r. swainbaker, 416 pages,…
The Fantasy of Addiction
I never meant to start an argument about addiction. I had carried my private doubts on the…
Calling Torture by its Name
In conversation with ABC News in his first televised interview since taking office, President Donald Trump spoke…
The Pro-Life Imperative
In 1973, after the Supreme Court issued its Roe v. Wade decision, the New York Times expressed…
A Response to Archbishop Victor Fernandez
Argentine Archbishop Victor Fernandez has taken liberties in his role as ghostwriter for Pope Francis. Michael Pakaluk,…
Theology isn’t Math; but it is Theology
During the heyday of the Solidarity movement, a famous Polish slogan had it that, “For Poland to…
Praying for Christian Unity
Fifty-eight years ago this week, on January 25, 1959, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, less than three months into…
Fake History
Speaking of public policy debates, Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said that, while everyone had a right to…
A Response to the Bishops of Malta
The Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano has published a document by the bishops of Malta to the priests of…
Nat Hentoff: One of a Kind
Nat Hentoff died recently, at the age of 91, in his own apartment, “surrounded by family [and]…
The Politics of Answered Prayer
Unanswered prayer is hard to take. “Ask and it will be given,” Jesus promises. When we ask…
