Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Myth of America’s Religious Founding
Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding by Steven K. Green Oxford, 312 pages,…
A Benign Reading of a Confusing Paragraph
When I was asked to sign the Appeal critiquing Paragraph 137, I initially agreed with the reading of…
Learned Ignorance
On Wednesday evening, a capacity crowd assembled at the Calvary Chapel on the campus of Biola University…
An Appeal
An Instrumentum laboris (working paper) was prepared for the XIV Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops…
Did Muhammad Perform Miracles?
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, the first part of Iran’s most expensive movie trilogy, “Muhammad, the Messenger…
Imperfect Goodbyes and the Hope of Resurrection
I was on the phone with my mother the moment when my grandmother died. The two of…
Apostate
Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion by Phil Zuckerman Oxford, 240 pages, $21.95 Atheism and religious…
Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum
Decadence: A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay. The…
The Deeper Issue at the Synod
Looking back on the controversy that preceded Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae, I get the…
Planning for Beauty
Discussions of liturgical music in many Catholic parishes have become needlessly polemical. The one thing we all…
Among the Rootless
In a speech delivered in October 2014, David Brooks offered a fanciful contrast devised by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik…
Pauline “Demolition”
We, a small group of theological educators, went to a Demolition Derby—a real one, with cars, and…
The Bard’s Religion
A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion by david scott kastan oxford university press, 155 pages, $40.00…
Taking the “Long View” on Russia
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
The lecturer was setting forth a biblical perspective on the role of government, with special attention to…
