Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Dangers of Internet Orthodoxy
Three years ago or so I received a Facebook message from a thoughtful young friend-of-a-friend. After studying…
Backing Down from Gregory of Nyssa’s Ascent
Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by hans boersmaeerdmans, 224 pages, $22 The early Church’s…
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, Ten Years Later
It has now been ten years since Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ was released. The…
Micro-Christendoms
Years ago, members of a Boulder, Colorado, ministers’ association determined that they were responsible for Boulder’s civic…
Are Christians Obsessed with Sex?
From time to time a member of the Christian left will admonish the Christian right to stop…
The Ass of Passion Sunday
On Passion Sunday, more years than not, I give a children’s sermon. At the conclusion of the…
The Miserable Science Meets the Divine Science
On April 3–4, the Lumen Christi Institute at the University of Chicago held its sixth annual conference…
John Donne in Lent
John Donne, it is clear, is not everyone’s cup of tea. In a notable essay in 1990,…
My Journey Into the Orthodox Church
I recall being deeply moved by Fr. Richard John Neuhaus’ recounting of his journey from Lutheranism into…
God and Freedom
F or the better part of two centuries now, one of the standard tropes in western high…
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—April 2014
Papal Economics R. R. Reno blew it rather badly (“Francis and the Market,” February). He writes, “and…
