Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Sentimentality Trap
A textbook I use for my introductory poetry classes, the classic Western Wind, defines sentimentality as “emotion…
We Are Not Tools
During my time at Princeton, there was no more popular insult than “tool,” an epithet hurled at…
Whistling Past the Grave
When we talk about the key shifts of the twentieth century—those involving politics, trade, consumption, art—we leave…
What the Novelist Knows
The novelist and diarist Julien Green described in his diary a conversation he had with a French…
Letters—November 2016
Deplorable In his August/September column, “Bigot-Baiting,” R. R. Reno charges that the Democratic Party is largely a…
The Priesthood of all Believers
Today is Reformation Day, so called because on October 31, 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk…
The Exorcist Takes Christianity Seriously
It is no secret that the entertainment industry often mocks Christianity. It has reached the point of…
Dirty Hands and Political Despair
John Adams famously wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is…
Russian Orthodoxy’s Aggressive Obsessions
What does the Lord’s injunction to turn the other cheek in Matthew 5:39 require when it comes…
Flannery O’Connor’s Genius and Grace
Before she died at the age of thirty-nine, Flannery O’Connor dismissed the idea of a biography—believing her…
Why do Christians Revere Jerusalem?
It’s perhaps not sporting to mock the New York Times when it tries to address Christianity. Pointing…
The Eternity of God
The Scottish theologian James B. Torrance (1923-2003) published in 1997 a brief but brilliant book titled Worship,…
Don’t Ask the Kids
Distrust of authority is now the American norm. In 1964, 77 percent of Americans said that they…
Learning to Play
My piano tuner is well over eighty years old. Each time I call him, I fear I’ll…
Politics of Vulnerability
I don’t think we’ve fully realized how acute feelings of vulnerability have become in twenty-first-century America. At…
