Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Pauline “Demolition”

Richard J. Mouw

We, a small group of theological educators, went to a Demolition Derby—a real one, with cars, and…

The Bard’s Religion

Kenneth Colston

A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion  by david scott kastan oxford university press, 155 pages, $40.00…

Taking the “Long View” on Russia

George Weigel

Queried about the Holy See’s less-than-vigorous response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, senior Vatican officials are given…

A Good Word for Locke

Richard J. Mouw

The lecturer was setting forth a biblical perspective on the role of government, with special attention to…

The Difference a Name Makes

Molly Oshatz

It’s amazing the difference a name makes. On one day this past week, nearly a hundred endangered…

Scops and Skalds

A. M. Juster

Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England
 by emily thornbury
 cambridge, 338 pages, $99 My years of mandatory…

​Unconstitutional Catholics

Carson Holloway

In late January, the Supreme Court granted review in Glossip v. Gross, a case involving a constitutional…

Baptist Catholics

Ephraim Radner

Contesting Catholicity: Theology for Other Baptists by curtis w. freeman baylor, 478 pages, $49.95 When I’m in…

Going South

Philip Jenkins

From Every Tribe and Nation: A Historian’s Discovery of the Global Christian Story by mark a. noll…

In Polls We Trust

Robert Wuthnow

One of the many claims of today’s polling industry is that it is the source of credible…

Thy Will Be Done

R. R. Reno

I‘m writing in late June. The Supreme Court has yet to release its decision about same-sex marriage.…

Lower Higher Ed

Marjorie Maddox

           Here God gums up in the mouth, won’t spit itself out with every easy expletive, leaving the…

Write Away

Randy Boyagoda

The most electrifying reading experience I’ve had this past year came 656 pages into Donna Tartt’s recent…

Technocracy Now

James Kalb

The recently revised New York City Health Department form for parents requesting birth certificates asks the “woman…

Roland on Vaikuntha

David Bentley Hart

At first there was only the vigorous snuffling sound of an inquisitive snout near my brow, then…