Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
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...
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…
Toasting Jesus
At an evangelical gathering on a New Year’s Eve, someone stood to announce that he wanted to…
Spurgeon at Year’s End
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was a cigar-smoking Baptist pastor in Victorian London whose influence, even in his…
ELEMENTARY Monasticism
I sometimes see reflections of my Eastern Orthodox faith in unexpected places. Take the hit CBS television…
