Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Necessity of the Good
We are all disciples of Aristotle. Whether we realize it or not, whenever we are talking about…
Letters—February 2015
Marriage Pledge R. R. Reno writes in “Government Marriage” (December) that he “can’t see how a priest…
The Civic Project of American Christianity
George Weigel responds to Michael Hanby in his essay “To See Things As They Are.“ Rod Dreher responds to…
Honor Thy Child
Lila: A Novel by marilynne robinson farrar, straus and giroux, 272 pages, $26 Of Pieter Bruegel’s sixteenth-century…
The Word and the Rule of Faith
Evangelicalism is awash in the 3Rs: retrieval, renewal, and ressourcement. As Michael Allen and Scott Swain explain…
The End of the Analogy of Being
The new translation of Erich Przywara’s Analogia Entis is a theological landmark that should go a long way toward…
Jesus on Safari
It has been nearly ten years since Jaroslav Pelikan died and a full twenty-five since he completed…
Joy in Chastity
In 2006, Dawn Eden wrote The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On.…
The Great Charter at 800
These remarks were delivered at Brigham Young University, January 23, as part of BYU’s on-going “Faith, Family…
The Scale of the Universe and the Religious View
Who is the protagonist of Hamlet? It seems pretty obvious that it is the dark prince himself,…
What Newsweek Doesn’t Get About the Bible
Newsweek, in an article by Kurt Eichenwald, says that Christians who regard homosexual practice as sin (or…
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the earth” is one of the best-known phrases in the Bible, but it’s more enigmatic…
The New “New Orthodoxy”
Almost three decades ago, theologian Ronald Goetz spoke of the rise of a “new orthodoxy” in Christian…
Picturing Mary
The new exhibit at Washington D.C.’s National Museum of Women in the Arts, “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother,…
God of Fire, Man of Prayer
Birmingham is a post-Civil War city founded in 1871 in response to the discovery of one of…
