Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Memory of the Li River
Sand and gravel lie still on the bed of the river. / Peaks like spear-points pierce the…
Yeshiva Lessons
When the prophet Isaiah spoke to the Jewish people and said, “You yourselves shall be named priests…
Letters—Aug/Sept 2012
Christian Societies “In the long run Christians by culture could hardly exist without some communities of actual…
Through a Gloss, Darkly
In French and English, the Latin verb traducere—“to transfer,” “to convert,” “to lead across,” but also “to…
Conscience and Coercion
In the nineteenth century, in encyclicals from Gregory XVI’s Mirari Vos in 1832 to Leo XIII’s Libertas…
Paradoxical Francis
Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by Augustine Thompson, O.P. Cornell, 312 pages, $29.95 One of the…
The Art of Liberty
The following is a response to Patrick J. Deneen’s “Unsustainable Liberalism.” The other response, by Paul J.…
Public Life Without Political Theory
The following is a response to Patrick J. Deneen’s Unsustainable Liberalism. The other response, by Daniel J.…
Soulful Houellebecq
The Map and the Territory by michel houellebecq, translated by gavin bowd knopf, 269 pages, $26.95 Man…
Mother’s Day Remembered
Far from where your sharp glance and mine could meet, / a laundromat on Rue des Pyrenées…
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Creative Minorities
Ecclesial Movements and Communities: Origins, Significance, and Issues by Brendan Leahy New City Press, 200 pages, $16.95…
Love’s Greater Freedom
The following is a response to David S. Yeago’s “ Modern but Not Liberal .” The other…
