Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
School Shootings and the Book of Job
Last Thursday morning, I was teaching a freshman honors seminar in Newberg, Oregon. We were discussing Genesis…
The Moral Universe of Hannibal
A woman lovingly plucks a dead pheasant. A man places a human arm on a cutting board…
We’ve Been Warned
After a papal visit that provided a welcome rest from the cynicism of our hyper-political culture, coverage…
The Mystery of Eternal Love
One of the most common charges leveled against Christians in the early church was that they were…
