Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Robert Wuthnow Replies to the Pew Research Center
The following is a reply by Robert Wuthnow to the Pew Research Center’s official response to his article, “In…
The Errors of Liberation Theology
When Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia, recently presented the Pope with a now infamous “Communist Crucifix”—sculpted…
Our Potemkin Life
Several weeks ago, I was having dinner with friends in the town of Bridgewater, PA—a sliver of…
More than “in God’s Image”
We live in an increasingly secular society. One consequence (among many) of this cultural shift has been…
Some Correspondence With an Atheist
Seated next to me at dinner was a man about my age. Like me, he’d retired to…
How Arrested Development Taught Me to Read the Scriptures
Like any show with a cult following, Arrested Development is a show you can’t leave alone; better,…
Celibacy in the City
The day after the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage this summer, I was in line for the…
Same-Sex Marriage and Heresy
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, many people have been wondering…
Progressive Catholic Authoritarianism
Back in the day (the late 1960s or thereabouts), Fr. Andrew Greeley—the model of an old-fashioned liberal…
“Does the Council Matter to my Mother?”
Does the Council matter to my mother?” This question was posed at the Orthodox Theological Society of America’s…
Re-styling Tradition
A new Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St. Thomas Aquinas, has risen at the Newman Center of…
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.…
