Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Scrutinizing the Sacred
The Face of God by Roger Scruton Continuum, 200 pages, $27.95 The search for God can take…
Therapeutic Superstition
Some years ago, when I was nineteen and living in the north of England, I knew a…
Chastened Humanism
You cannot help but like a serious thinker who demolishes the pretensions of various fashionable currents of…
On Susan
Susan was a colleague in Baylor’s Honors College, not exactly a friend, though we were quite friendly.…
The Tridentine Genius of Vatican II
Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, two schools of thought dominate the interpretation…
Defining Jesus
Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine by Khaled Anatolios Baker Academic, 400 pages, $39.99…
Pious Perversions
Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat Free Press, 352 pages, $26…
Brilliantly Bad Books
Best to begin in medias res, says Horace, so let me start with two exemplary excerpts from…
Thirteen Theses on Marriage
Thirteen theses in defense of so-called heteronormativity and other supposed heresies, from a Christian and specifically Catholic…
Letters—October 2012
God will Judge After reading Daniel Philpott’s “Peace After Genocide” (June/July), I want to offer a few…
Born-Again Babies
Godly Seed: American Evangelicals Confront Birth Control, 1873–1973? by Allan Carlson Transaction, 172 pages, $29.95 Seeing our…
Honest Sex Science
Some people can change their sexual orientation with the help of therapy. So said Robert Spitzer—“considered by…
The Biblical Case for Limited Government
The writings of Plato and Aristotle are often described as works of reason, as opposed to the…
The Lawrence Tree
Outside Taos, New Mexico The topknot turned. Light struck the needled floor. The darts of sunlight found…
2012 Supreme Court Roundup
Students in my constitutional law course are usually surprised, and often skeptical, when I propose that the…