Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
On Literature and the Life of Torah
It was not inevitable that I would come to read Colm Tóibín. I had resisted putting him…
Briefly Noted
Julian of Norwich, Theologian by Denys Turner Yale, 262 pages, $40 n The fourteenth-century anchorite Julian of…
At a Priest’s Grave
Bare trees under a requiem of clouds. Snow. Over the ground a gaggle of geese Hustles across…
Little Testament
Sure as that first command which strung the light like thread onto a loom to stitch the…
Farewell, Mr. Wizard
I conjure NBC in black-and-white. You drop dry ice in water; fog is rising. You sell us…
The Islamic Case for Religious Liberty
The words of the Qur’an and hadith contain rich resources for supporting the democratic order. If Muslims…
At the Recital
Word trickled down the aisle that he had died. My first response: how did they even know?…
Is Purgatory Biblical?
Nearly a decade ago Jerry Walls wrote an article for this magazine (“Purgatory for Everyone”) in which…
Is Their God Ours?
Allah: A Christian Response by Miroslav Volf HarperOne, 336 pages, $25.99 n The thesis Miroslav Volf defends…
Reading the Gospels with Benedict XVI
A few days after Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, a distinguished Lutheran theologian happened to meet…
Waking Up to Death
In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief by James l. Kugel Free…
The Heavy Eyelids of Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud set himself apart. For several decades, until his death this past July, the English painter…
La Vita Nuova, Sonnet 40
Oh, pilgrims walking by oblivious, your minds, it seems, on something not at hand, can you have…
A Free Speech Year at the Court
The Supreme Court completed its 2010 term at the end of June with no blockbusters, few surprises,…
And There’s Another Country
What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song edited by Amy A.…
