Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Russian Brahmin
Laurusby eugene vodolazkintranslated by lisa haydenoneworld, 384 pages, $24.99 Eugene Vodolazkin’s novel Laurus has been much praised,…
The Visions of St. Faustina
In 1923 a teenager named Helena Kowalska attended a dance in Lodz, Poland. While she danced that…
Things That Can’t Change
When the Second Vatican Council was putting the finishing touches on one of its key documents, the…
The Tragedy of the Resurrection
On Friday night (I would say ‘Good Friday’ but, as First Things’ triumphalist Protestant—to use Rusty Reno’s…
A Mormon Perspective on Religious Freedom
The following was delivered Friday, March 25, 2016, at Claremont Graduate University by Elder Dallin H. Oaks…
Passion Play
At his ascension, Jesus told the eleven disciples that they would receive the Spirit to be his…
A Community Pledged in the Spirit
Mulling my Lenten way through the Apostles’ Creed, I have come to see that in defining what…
Erasmus Before the Storm
Five hundred years ago this year, in February and March of 1516, a Swiss-German printer in Basel…
A Sordid Anniversary, To Be Remembered
On September 24, 1949, Georgii Karpov, chairman of the agency that provided “liaison” to the Russian Orthodox…
Fatima
My first sustained interfaith dialogue was with Mary Jane, when we were both in eighth grade in…
Embodying Mysticism
In No Strange Land: The Embodied Mysticism of Saint Philip Neri Jonathan RobinsonAngelico Press, 308 pages, $19.95…
What the Church Does Not Believe
This Lent has me digging through the Apostle’s Creed. Viewed in a certain direction, it not only…
A Monastic Vice for the Internet Age
The Italian author Umberto Eco belonged to a rare breed—a medievalist of encyclopedic erudition, a creative philosopher…
Between the Hipsters and the Hasids
O n a Saturday afternoon, I survey the offerings of the Bedford Cheese Shop. This gourmet store…
The Dangers of Hindu Nationalism
On January 30, 1948, the Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi with three…
