Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Hegel Vindicated
Hegel: The Philosopher of Freedom by klaus vieweg stanford university, 488 pages, $40 Klaus Vieweg’s eight-hundred-page biography of…
Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Other Thinkers
Years ago, I spent a month with my family in Burundi. I had once worked there when…
The Devil’s Face in Gaza
Last week in Israel I saw the aftermath of diabolical barbarism. That is, what was left behind…
The Secret to College Success
Here is a statistic that makes admissions deans at liberal arts colleges shudder: Between 2019 and 2022,…
Letters—March 2024
Our Strategy Liel Leibovitz’s article “Fight Together, Win Together” (December 2023) is a stirring encapsulation of the…
The Mystery of Israel
The “mystery of Israel”—that’s what Jacques Maritain called Israel’s endurance as the people of the Old Covenant,…
War on the Culture War
Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call For Evangelical America by russell d. moore penguin, 272 pages, $29…
Ambitious Nihilism
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by malcolm harris little, brown and company,…
Joan of Arc, Gender Theorist
When the nineteen-year-old Joan of Arc was told she would be burned at the stake, she reacted…
Consolations of Middle Age
This past June I attended my daughter’s high school graduation. Observing the wrinkles, gray hair, and softening…
Polutropos
Sing, O Muse, of the man of many reverses, the man with a mind of many winding…
A Rabbi for Christians
Judaism is not even a religion.” This striking line appears in Immanuel Kant’s Religion Within the Boundaries…
Standing in the Cold
Winter is a bad time. Whether for a season or for a life, it dampens the self.…
Idealistic Nihilism
We live in paradoxical times. Over the last two generations, college students, especially at top-ranking universities, have…
Catholic Schools: Control Your Own Destinies
In the world of classical education, including the Catholic sector, the challenge is logistical. We have institutional models…