Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Ritualed Knowing
Knowledge by Ritual: A Biblical Prolegomena to Sacramental TheologyBy Dru JohnsonEisenbrauns, 289 pages, $39.95 Epistemology and ritual…
Punching Down
On January 20, a federal appeals court heard arguments in the highly publicized case of Kimberly Jean…
Mormons at the Forefront
Many would like to domesticate Mormon strangeness, what Richard Mouw recently called in these pages its “ill-considered…
The Secular Prison
Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Reportby saba mahmoodprinceton, 248 pages, $24.95 While I was…
Homeless
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump together are likely to end this primary season with a majority of…
Kraków’s Geography of Sanctity
In a recent book, The Geography of Genius, Eric Weiner sets out on what he calls “a…
Mammon Ascendant
So, there I was, pondering, with an old familiar feeling of perplexity (about which more anon), certain…
Experimental Design
This tangle of Drosophila, these flieslow-orbiting your wineglass and my peachniggle a question: whether meaning liesonly in…
Letters—June/July 2016
Marquette Mickey Mattox’s piece on Marquette University (“Marquette’s Gender Regime,” April) was welcome indeed. I taught at…
The One Really Interesting Story
The Christian Church confesses that [what the world calls]“myth” is history itself. She recognizes herself by this…
The Pope and the SSPX: Is Reconciliation Near?
Of all the initiatives taken by Pope Francis, the most surprising is his latest effort to reconcile…
Where the Icons Aren’t Yet Dry
This monk is not letting us go without a sermon, but he’s earned it. We—a group of…
The True History of Women Deacons
When Pope Francis announced his willingness to appoint a commission to study whether women can serve as…
Edenic Recollections
My oldest son once spent a summer on staff at a Scout reservation. Underneath his tent platform…
Mormons and Creedal Christians: Common Ground?
Mormons must appreciate Richard Mouw’s good faith effort to find common ground between us and “orthodox” Christians,…
