Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
October 27
You know what I remember first about my daughter being born? Weirdly, not the miracle of it,…
Ad Litteram
When lecturing undergraduates on Kafka’s Metamorphosis—during his otherwise idyllic American years, when he had to make his…
A New Concordat?
Vox temporis, vox Dei: The voice of the times is the voice of God. On issue after…
Between Two Synods
On November 19, 1964, the draft text of Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious Freedom was abruptly pulled…
How To Be a Sick Christian
When sickness or injury comes upon us, we face the question of whether we really believe what…
Building on Truth
Building is a willful act of symbolic import, sometimes intended and sometimes not, and all architecture expresses…
Letters—January 2015
Reason’s Role The purpose of my book, Making Gay Okay, is to see what natural reason can…
City of Google
Cybertheology: Thinking Christianity in the Era of the Internet by antonio spadaro fordham, 160 pages, $24 The…
Balancing
To land in a story whose end I do not know— as if we ever saw to…
Briefly Noted
Imagine There’s No Heaven: How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World? by mitchell stephens? palgrave macmillan, ?336…
Standardized Culture
When standardized tests were first developed long ago (the SAT started in 1926), they had a virtuous…
Embattled Middle
The New Class Conflict by joel kotkin telos, 230 pages, $29.95 About five years after we graduated…
Dynasties and Ducks
Devoid of intellect and over-rated, this topic breaks the barriers of sound— an insubstantial episode created to…
Looking East
Turning to Tradition by d. oliver herbel oxford, 256 pages, $27.95 In 2010, Eastern Orthodox Christians in…
Strangers in a Strange Land
I’ve always had an affection for French Canada. My father’s family began there. When I was growing…
