Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Knowing the Trinity
Richard of St. Victor, a 12th-century Scottish theologian, is not exactly a household name in 21st-century Christian…
Between Sweetness and Nausea
This article was originally presented as the commencement address at The Geneva School, Winter Park, Florida, on…
In the Wake of Heroic Theology
In 2004 Avery Dulles was asked by Commonweal magazine to respond to a disputed question: “How Catholic is…
Dante’s Heavenly Idealism
The great French historian Jacques Le Goff credited Dante with doing more than any theologian to make…
Mary’s Most Loyal Children
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a solemn feast day and a holy day of obligation…
When the Bible Became a Musical
As a rule, I don’t like musicals. Well, it’s not “as” a rule. It is a rule.…
Against Obsessive Sexuality
For the March issue of First Things, I wrote an essay called “Against Heterosexuality.” In brief, my…
Reading Soloveitchik
The occasion of my first encounter with the theology of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik was a reading group…
Letters
Reward R. R. Reno reports that there’s a $10,000 reward for anyone who can change Sam Harris’s…
Counterfeit Goods
Every Day Is for the Thief by teju cole random house, 176 pages, $9.20 Republishing the early…
Cancer Patient
Though ill with cancer, I am here outdoors To walk slow steps and feel the warmth of…
In the Cemetery of Kuzhmir Poland
Words without song for Rabbi Ezekiel Taub Behind a wall of livesEngraved in stones,Searching for the homesThey…
The Future of Protestantism
Protestants often act as if the Reformation were the end of history, the moment when the Church…
Correcting Catholic Blindness
See, judge, act.” Such has been the method by which modern Catholic social teaching has urged Catholics…
Anxieties of Fairness
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by thomas piketty belknap, 696 pages, $39.95 My life as an economist…
