Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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...
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…
Pantoum for East Fifty-First
And then, in an instant, it’s gone: the world of East Fifty-First. / Gone the round-the-clock clack…
Response from Pew Research Center to “In Polls We Trust”
The following is an official response from the Pew Research Center to Robert Wuthnow’s article, “In Polls…
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…