Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
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…
Libertarian Delusions
Recently I was invited to give a lecture on libertarianism at a prestigious Christian college. The large…
Briefly Noted
The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom by steven d. smith harvard, 240 pages, $39.95 Anyone…
The Bolshevik Moment
During commencement season, a number of speakers were deemed politically impure. Earlier in the spring, Mozilla CEO…
How I Evolved on Gay Marriage
As a young Christian, I arrived at college in the fall of 2004 with some of the…
Letters—Aug/Sept 2014
Reward R. R. Reno reports that there’s a $10,000 reward for anyone who can change Sam Harris’s…
