Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
The Difference a Name Makes
It’s amazing the difference a name makes. On one day this past week, nearly a hundred endangered…
Scops and Skalds
Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England by emily thornbury cambridge, 338 pages, $99 My years of mandatory…
Unconstitutional Catholics
In late January, the Supreme Court granted review in Glossip v. Gross, a case involving a constitutional…
Baptist Catholics
Contesting Catholicity: Theology for Other Baptists by curtis w. freeman baylor, 478 pages, $49.95 When I’m in…
Going South
From Every Tribe and Nation: A Historian’s Discovery of the Global Christian Story by mark a. noll…
In Polls We Trust
One of the many claims of today’s polling industry is that it is the source of credible…
Thy Will Be Done
I‘m writing in late June. The Supreme Court has yet to release its decision about same-sex marriage.…
Lower Higher Ed
Here God gums up in the mouth, won’t spit itself out with every easy expletive, leaving the…
Write Away
The most electrifying reading experience I’ve had this past year came 656 pages into Donna Tartt’s recent…
Technocracy Now
The recently revised New York City Health Department form for parents requesting birth certificates asks the “woman…
Roland on Vaikuntha
At first there was only the vigorous snuffling sound of an inquisitive snout near my brow, then…
Our Need for Privacy
The new game Cards Against Humanity advertises itself as “a party game for horrible people—despicable and awkward…
Letters—Aug/Sept 2015
Defending Orthodoxy Mykhailo Cherenkov’s pain and anger are deeply personal (“Orthodox Terrorism,” May). Anti-Ukrainian separatists have occupied…
