Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Mechanized Justice
Justice Through Apologies: Remorse, Reform, and Punishment by nick smith cambridge, 413 pages, $33 For decades, American…
A Real Theocrat
Christian Reconstructionism: R. J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism by michael j. mcvicar north carolina, 326 pages,…
Briefly Noted
The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom by michael shermer …
