Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Virgin and The Donald
In light of reports of Donald Trump’s recent conversion to Christianity, we have reason to hope that…
A (Scholastic) Sonnet from the Portuguese
Now largely forgotten outside the Portuguese-speaking world, Luis Vaz de Camoens (1524-1580) was revered by many luminaries…
Sins of Their Fathers
Films with a theological bent never get far from the oldest question of theodicy: Why does a…
Karl Rahner: An Appreciation and Critique
Robert Royal’s fine book A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century consists, by…
The Reformation, a Tragic Necessity
Jaroslav Pelikan (1923-2006) was the greatest historian of Christian doctrine since Adolf von Harnack, and he was…
A Blessedly Unpredictable Council
I had begun writing about the results of the Pan-Orthodox Council, which recently finished its work in…
“We Know that We Are Going To Be Killed”
Fr. Douglas Bazi is a Chaldean Catholic priest in his native Iraq, where he served as pastor…
The Smartphone and the Virgin
Take a look at the photo on the left. It’s a famous church in Rome, the seventeenth-century…
Obergefell and the New Gnosticism
For decades, the Sexual Revolution was supposed to be about freedom. Today, it is about coercion. Once,…
The Da Vinci Code All Over Again
Last Thursday, my Facebook feed alerted me to a fascinating piece of investigative journalism, published the previous…
Is There No Moral Law?
The weak and ill constituted shall perish: the first principle of our philanthropy. And one shall help…
Music Man
Readers often find the opening chapters of 1 Chronicles stultifying. These pages contain list after list of…
The Pan-Orthodox Council Must and Will Proceed
The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, an event that has been in preparation for…
The Bible Cause at 200
Two hundred years ago this Spring, on May 11, 1816, representatives from local Bible societies around the…
There and Back Again: A First-Century Jewish Tale
Captivity: A Novelby György SpiróNew York: Restless Books, 864 pages, $29.99 Michael Chabon once wrote a novel…
