Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Bridging a False Divide
Two years ago, a colleague of mine, a specialist in the Old Testament, sidled over to me…
The President and the Patriarch
Vladimir Putin, who after a sham “referendum” completed his aggressive seizure of Crimea, denies he has plans…
Global Culture Wars
Global Culture Wars In February, the Kremlin announced that Russia is tighteningits ban on same-sex couples adopting…
Uneasy Grace
The great crisis of faith for me came—as it does for somany—when I was in college. I…
Letters
Papal Economics R. R. Reno blew it rather badly (“Francis and the Market,” February). He writes, “and…
Godless Theosis
The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxyby aristotle papanikolaounotre dame, 248 pages, $27 What is “the…
Letters of Affection
The Selected Letters of Willa Catheredited by andrew jewell and janis stoutknopf, 752 pages, $37.50One might be…
Pop Imperialism
Through a Screen Darkly: Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America’s Image Abroadby martha baylesyale, 336 pages, $30D…
Rewriting Nature’s Laws
Rewriting Nature’s Law In February, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill 1062, a piece of legislation…
The Church and Civil Marriage
No-fault divorce changed the American culture of marriage.So did the sexual revolution. Now proponents of gay rights…
Station XI of the Cross
XI. Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross For boys who pull the wings off beetlesOr prick their…
Learning in Love
Over the past few months there has been a marked increase in stories about the decline of…
Te Absolvo
Of course we remember everything that ever happened to us.Sure we do. We can easily make a…
The Love of Wisdom
I went in at the sign of The Temulent Termagant (a frowsy slattern asplay in a shallow ditch…
Lent: the Annual Catechumenate
Historians of the Roman liturgy generally reckon the restorations of the Easter Vigil (by Pius XII) and…
