Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
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…
