Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Rethinking Theology and Matter with Ibn Gabirol
Solomon Ibn Gabirol (1021–1058) was the first Jewish philosopher in Spain, but medieval Christians knew him only…
“Wolf Hall” and Upmarket Anti-Catholicism
Wolf Hall, the BBC adaptation of Hillary Mantel’s novel about early Tudor England, began airing on PBS’s…
The Sweet Torture of Sunday Morning
On Easter Sunday afternoon, the Reverend Gardner Calvin Taylor, age ninety-six, slipped away from this world to…
Death, Distraction, and Modern Liberal Tastes
Last week I had to deliver a guest lecture at a liberal arts college entitled ‘”Each day…
A Throne in the Grave
Last Sunday, Western Christians celebrated Easter, and in a few days Eastern churches will observe Pascha. Over…
Correcting St. John
Don’t get me wrong. I love John’s Gospel, but it has a serious problem. Due to a…
In Praise of Irrelevant Reading
When I moved to England to start a Masters degree in theology, I knew I wanted to…
Easter and Evangelism
Galatians 1:15–18 is not your basic witness-to-the-Resurrection text. Yet St. Paul’s mini-spiritual autobiography helps us understand just…
Luther Reading Challenge
In 2009, my colleague Theodor Dieter and I started teaching a two-week course every November on Luther’s…
What Is Love?
Recently, I sat through a session of someone offering reflections on the “God is love” theme of…
The Friday We Call Good
The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we…
The End of the University
Universities exist to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and culture that will prepare them for life,…
Saving Punishment
Jim was holding his one-year-old son while smoking meth freebase when the oily liquid spilled on the…
Dismantling the Cross
Generally speaking, there are two principal vocations in the life of the Catholic Church: marriage on the…
The Scapegoat
Your Dad is bad, your Mum is mad,Your brothers all run wild,And you were born with feet…
