Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Nativity of Our Lord
He was born into the silence of this world. Because there was no room for him in a…
The Joyful Mystery of Christmas
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him…
Christmas and the Humbling of the Wise Men
It might seem that everything that could be said, has been said, about the shepherds, the wise…
We Have Never Been Modern
Bruno Latour’s 1993 We Have Never Been Modern is a neglected masterpiece. Its argument is compressed, the terminology idiosyncratic.…
Bonhoeffer in Advent
The year was 1943, and another Advent had dawned for Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer loved Advent…
Gnosticism 2.0
Humans typically situate their divinities at the border of the cosmos. The Israelites and Babylonians understood the…
Our Partial Pacifism
I am inclined to blame pacifism for our embrace of torture. Now, I do not consider myself qualified…
Spirit in Flesh
God has come to the human race many times and in many ways. He came to form…
Undying Love
The cry of lament in Psalm 102 exposed a raw wound: “My days pass away like smoke…
The Old Story
She loved him in the way girls only can / At sixteen, with a maelstrom of desire.…
Should Science Think?
The question is not quite as facetious as it might sound; it is really rather metaphysical; and…
Is Sex Necessary?
E. B. White and James Thurber’s prescient satire of the sexual revolution in America, Is Sex Necessary?,…
Deathless Truths
Scholia to an Implicit Text: Bilingual Selected Editionby nicolás gómez-dávilavillegas editores, 392 pages, $24 Nicolás Gómez-Dávila’s name…
The Rebel
A livid angel like an eagle stooped / And haled the disbeliever by the hair: / “You’ll…
Government Marriage
A constitutional right for men to marry men and women to marry women is a done deal. That’s…
