Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Hearing Voices
When Saul of Tarsus lost his sightAlong the hot Damascus roadAnd heard the resurrected ChristCry out his…
Spiritual Literature for Atheists
To say, as people do from time to time, that science is the only source of meaning…
The Allure of Sustainability
An energetic graduate of Wesleyan College, class of 2013, no longer proud of her achievement-packed résumé, cuts…
Humanity 4.5
For ancient philosophers, the dignity of contemplation lay in its fulfillment of our longing for truth. The…
Children of Desire
We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s by richard beck public affairs, 352 pages,…
Crisis of Solidarity
Written by Friedrich Hayek during World War II, The Road to Serfdom sought to shape thinking about…
Autumn Triduum
On Halloween we shouted “Trick or Treat” And held out plastic pumpkins for our loot. We’d say…
A Church Of Empire
I joined the Russian Church late in 1989, becoming actively involved in its life soon thereafter. This…
A Woman in the Seminary
I recently went to a vespers service at the institute of Catholic higher learning that I attend,…
Putting the Soul in Tune
The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy by Stephen Blackwood oxford university press, 243 pages This is…
A Tale of Two Cities—And of Two Churches
You will recall the lapidary opening of Dickens’s famous novel of London and Paris in the period…
Mirror of Magistrates
For Christians, 1 and 2 Samuel are “history.” For Jews, they are among the writings of the…
Toasting the Conscience
In Letter to the Duke of Norfolk, Blessed John Henry Newman suggests gamely that religion should never…
Slick and Far From Truth
Given the low standards of mainstream reporting on religious issues, it’s hard to publish an article that…
Frames of Mind
My attention span is waning. I’ve noted it for the past couple of years: No longer can…
