Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
An Offer We Must Refuse
In his masterwork, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche’s mythic hero carries a message—“God is dead!”—throughout the earth,…
Briefly Noted — 10/23
Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interestedby eva brannpaul dry, 612 pages, $29.95 At ninety-four years old, Eva Brann…
Free and Conservative
Avik Roy and John Hood recently launched what they hope will be a movement, Freedom Conservatism. In…
Leisure and Liberality
Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life by kevin hood gary cambridge,…
The Loss of Wonder Leads to Secularism
The God Desireby david baddielharpercollins, 112 pages, $14.99 I almost never read books by atheists—not since the time…
The Spiritual Cost of the Extracurricular Regimen
It’s the start of a new school year, which means students are diving back into classes and…
The Blessed Ulma Family and Our Catholic Moment
It’s a rare occasion when the word “unprecedented” can be used for a Church whose history extends…
A Pilgrimage to Taylor, Texas
Ask a group of average Catholics about their favorite pilgrimage sites and the answers are grand, yet…
Trinitarian Intimations in Bach’s The Art of Fugue
In his magisterial study Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Christoph Wolff treats at length Bach’s The…
Grace at Electric Picnic
Electric Picnic is Ireland’s biggest annual music festival. It has come to occupy a place in the…
Why Most Anglican Clergy Now Approve Gay Marriage—and What This Means for the Future of the Church
A recent poll conducted by The Times of London indicates that a majority of Church of England clergy…
Eugene Vodolazkin and the History of the Future
A History of the Islandby eugene vodolazkinplough, 320 pages, $26.95 Ukrainian-born medievalist and novelist Eugene Vodolazkin achieved…
Why Does the Pope Dislike Me?
He did it again. During a recent visit to a Jesuit school in Portugal, the Holy Father…
What to Read About Instead of Trump and Self-Help
More than ever before, we are inundated with forecasts about the “best” books on the horizon or…
The Death of Church and Pub
My annual trip to my home village in England is typically a week when I enter the…
