Theology
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A (Liturgical) New Year’s Resolution
If the civil new year is an occasion to resolve to Do Better in the future, the…
Recalibrating the Culture War in 2016
We thought that the culture war was behind us and that we were entering a Brave New…
Samicles
Five years ago, InterVarsity Press launched the Reformation Commentary on Scripture, a projected twenty-eight-volume series of exegesis…
Wanting to Love the Pope
Back in the 1980s, the National Catholic Reporter, always a force for Church unity, ran a cartoon…
On our Need for the Real Thomas More
Next month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the film A Man for All Seasons. And if it’s…
Calvinist Environmentalism?
Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise American Environmentalismby Mark StollOxford University Press, 416 pages, $39.95…
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…
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…
