Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Imagining the Path of Christian Exile
Elizabeth Scalia puts herself in the place of an Iraqi Christian writing a letter to her former…
Time to Stand Against Rome?
A recent joint statement by a number of Italian evangelical groups indicts the Roman Catholic Church as…
Shipwreck and Mission
The post-Vatican II Lectionary for Mass has many fine features, one of which is the continuous reading…
A Line Crossed in the Middle East
Say goodbye to one of the most ancient Christian communities in the world. Last week, members of…
Uncle Sam Eavesdropping Outside the Confessional
On 28 March, 1606, Fr. Henry Garnet, an English Jesuit, went on trial in London. He was…
What Women Bishops Mean For Christian Unity
On July 14, 2014, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to permit women to…
Five Rules for Consoling the Dying
There are some things that should never be said to the dying. I’ve never bothered developing a…
An Eminent Distortion of History
As the world marked the silver anniversary of the Polish elections of June 1989, which eventually brought…
Religion in a Heart-Shaped Box
I never have known the joy of owning a small, pink, heart-shaped music box. In point of…
Presbyterians’ Procedural Problems
The 221st General Assembly (2014) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be remembered for its approval of…
How Hugo Chávez Became the New Christ
As far back as the 1960s, the Marxist Sandinistas in Nicaragua began infusing their speeches and writings…
Death, Again
Another intrusive death is rising in my life, and not just my own. He was a vigorous…
Books for Summer Reading
Real readers read books all year round. But the convention of the “summer reading list” has become…
Legal wins matter—but culture matters more
Good news today. The decision in the Hobby Lobby case helps prevent progressives from achieving their goal…
“I am a Christian, and I Will Remain a Christian”
In August 2013 the Sudanese authorities arrested Meriam Ibrahim, daughter of a Sudanese Muslim man and an…
