Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Briefly Noted
Menachem Begin: A Life by Avi Shilon translated by Danielle Zilberberg and Yoram Sharett Yale, 584 pages,…
The Crisis of Conservative Judaism
The institutions of Conservative Judaism—its synagogues, its summer camps, its youth organizations, its sisterhoods and men’s organizations,…
Unmythical Martyrs
The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom by candida moss HarperOne, 320…
Medicinal Murder
The forty-five-year-old twin brothers had not contracted a terminal illness. Nor were Marc and Eddy Verbessem in…
The Dumb Ox and the Orthodox
Orthodox Readings of Aquinas by Marcus Plested Oxford, 272 pages, $99 The Greeks never had any interest…
Rahner the Restorationist
Karl Rahner was once the figure to be reckoned with. When, at the very outset of the…
Nature Loves to Hide
Two issues back, I spoke ill of a modern form of natural law theory that unsuccessfully attempts…
Almost a Franciscan
A long walk up the mountain from Assisi— / my boot heel severed from my right foot…
Kurzweil’s Phantasms
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed by Ray Kurzweil Viking, 352 pages,…
Schooling Dangerously
Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement by joseph murphy Corwin, 200 pages, $34.95 The Year…
Letters—April 2013
Elect Voters At the outset of his thoughtful “The Evangelical Voter” (February), John G. West complains that…
Wendell Berry’s Marriage Reversal
Wendell Berry’s recent self-described “general declaration” in support of “homosexual marriage” shocked many, fans and critics alike.…
The Next Pope
The Next Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation marks the end of the heroic generation. Writing as I am…
Faith’s Political Witness
In revealing himself, God was not merely concerned with sating our curiosity. His revelation sheds no special…
Ruling to Serve
Those of us who are citizens of liberal democratic regimes do not refer to those who govern…
