Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters—February 2013
Consumerist Care It is true that the medical services Wesley J. Smith defines as “consumerist”—such as cosmetic…
Seeing the God
For the first ten of its eleven chapters, the Metamorphosis or Golden Ass of Apuleius (c. 125-c.…
Toward a Just Order
A half century ago, John Courtney Murray’s response to Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris raised…
Limiting Moralism
A state is not a church. A state exists not to redeem humankind or to do God’s…
The Good Samaritan’s Burden
In his interestingly wrong-headed essay, Paul Miller argues that there are extraterritorial evils so great that they…
Triolet
Believing in the Eucharist, / My faith affirmed within the Host...
Responsible Conservatism
Conservatism needs to recover its ability to speak to our deep and perennial need for solidarity. The…
Afghanistan, Justice, and War
Afghanistan is a just war, and a just victory requires the reconstruction of the country. So I…
Briefly Noted
Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics by Nicholas Wapshott Norton, 400 pages, $17.95 In a…
PORGIing Out
America-Lite: How Imperial Academia Dismantled Our Culture (and Ushered in the Obamacrats) by David Gelernter Encounter Books,…
Fatherhood After Christmas
My friend’s six-year-old son wanted to be God the Father in the Christmas pageant. He reasoned that…
Against Great Books
For many years, traditionalist thinkers have promoted the teaching of a set of core texts—the “great books”—as…
Market Morals
Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy by Robert A. Sirico Regnery, 256…
Jung’s Therapeutic Gnosticism
For the better part of a century, Carl Jung and (later) his estate kept the manuscript of…
Letters—January 2013
Conversion Many thanks for publishing David Novak’s learned and perceptive essay “The Jewish Mission” (November), which takes…
