Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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
The topknot turned. Light struck the needled floor. / The darts of sunlight found you where you…
2012 Supreme Court Roundup
Students in my constitutional law course are usually surprised, and often skeptical, when I propose that the…
While We’re At It – Pt. IV
• We all have a romantic image of monks patiently copying texts in their scriptoria, with the…
Human Unity Real and Imagined
Every epoch has its secular religion, a perverse imitation of Christianity that takes part of the Christian…
Southern Baptists’s Long Journey
On June 19, 2012, the Reverend Fred Luter was elected as president of the Southern Baptist Convention,…
A Mandate to Disobey
The Affordable Care Act mandates that employers offer and individuals buy insurance that provides free contraceptives, abortion-inducing…
The Virgin Mary’s Spiritual Lessons
I love the Feast of the Assumption. The readings for the day include a dragon ready to…
Theology’s Proper Humility
Theology claims to be the queen of the sciences, the master discipline that provides the deepest and…
