Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Dogmatic Philosophy

Robert T. Miller

Religion Without Godby ronald dworkinharvard, 192 pages, $17.95 When he died last February, Ronald Dworkin had been…

Bloodless Moralism

Helen Andrews

Dame Rebecca West had a theory that the history of civilization since Christ could be divided into…

Cosmology

Mark Amorose

They told us that we lost our lofty placewhen Galileo shattered Ptolemy’sconcentric spheres, hurled Earth into the…

Theological Stakes of Sexual Difference

Stephen H. Webb

One of the most neglected recent books on sexual difference is also one of the most important.…

Lutheran Evangelicals

James R. Rogers

Why is Calvinism so influential among American Evangelicals while Lutheranism is not? We might describe the statistically…

Fatherless Churches

Aaron Taylor

Almost fifty years ago, when the Catholic Church unveiled its new rite of Mass in the Sistine…

New Year’s Habits

Leah Libresco Sargeant

New Year’s Resolutions tend to focus on new skills and habits to acquire. This is the year…

Little Sisters in the Political Madhouse

Pete Spiliakos

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has blocked the administration’s mandate that the Little Sisters of the Poor…

The Poorest of the Poor

George Weigel

Pope Francis has ignited a useful and necessary conversation about our responsibilities to the poorest of the…

Karl Barth’s Finite God

Stephen H. Webb

The concept of infinity has a long pedigree in philosophy. Taken on its own terms, it surely…

Conservatism, Evangelii Gaudium, and the Social Market

James R. Rogers

Liberal commentators, both religious and secular, have cheered what they take as the recent comeuppance Catholic and…

Forgiveness and Spiritual Freedom

William Doino Jr.

Among the highlights of his unfolding papacy is Francis’ emphasis on the sacrament of reconciliation. The confessional…

Truncating the Politics of Jesus

Peter J. Leithart

John Howard Yoder’s now-classic The Politics of Jesus sparked a revolution. For centuries, Jesus’ lordship had been…

Sinai’s Universalism

Shalom Carmy

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks derives two messages from Jeremiah 29. One is that Jewish life may continue, even…

Sinai’s Universalism

Shalom Carmy

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks derives two messages from Jeremiah 29. One is that Jewish life may continue, even…