Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
What Romero’s Beatification Means
Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated by a right-wing sniper while celebrating Mass in 1980, was…
False Enlightenment at the Court
In Obergefell v. Hodges, Justice Kennedy has penned a decision of historic hubris and stupidity—as both Chief Justice…
The Abraham Myth
Evangelicals are debating the historicity of Adam, but they are too timid. It is time to reject…
Flannery O’Connor: Stamped but not Cancelled
On June 5, 2015, the U.S. Postal Service published a commemorative stamp in honor of Flannery O’Connor.…
Gimmicks and God
I have a confession to make. In my former life as a Baptist youth evangelist, I did…
Themes for Surviving “Ordinary Time”
I’m fortunate to hear good preaching on a regular basis. But even the best Catholic preaching these…
Residual Entities
The Coup at Catholic University: The 1968 Revolution in American Catholic Education by Fr. Peter Mitchell Ignatius,…
The Pulpit is the Prow
When I was four years old, I would (so I’m told) stand the ottoman in the living…
From “Meh” to “Amen”
According to the recent study from the Pew Research Center, 22.8 percent of U.S. adults and 35…
The Religious Crowds
In the 2002 Brazilian film City of God (Cidade de Deus), the narrator, Rocket, provides the audience…
Mary, Mary’s Son, and Islam
Does Islam worship the one God of Abraham, like Jews and Christians, or some other god? Many…
Talking Calvinism with Robert H. Schuller
One day in the spring of 1990, I received a phone call from Professor Hendrikus Berkhof, a…
Lachlan Campbell’s Land
This is the home he wants: his own,chosen twenty years agoout of a bone-deep needto fill a…
Frequencies of Thought
This essay is a response to Stephen Meredith’s article, “The Three Fausts.” Peter Thiel also responded to Meredith,…
The Genghis Firmament
Suspended archery of nightkeeps a resplendent distanceslowly circling the Earth. Just odd long spittlestreaks from dark iron…
