Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Reformation
Wrongly Blamed
The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Societyby brad s. gregorybelknap press, 592 pages, $35.75 In…
Death the Stranger
Damian Michael Bentley (1834-1897) was the first cousin of one of my great-grandfathers (if I were patient…
Briefly Noted
Tradition and the Rule of Faith in the Early Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph T. Lienhard,…
Modern but Not Liberal
“Modern but Not Liberal” is one of three addresses given to a symposium on “After Liberalism,” put…
Peace After Genocide
Every country that in recent years has moved toward democracy and peace first suffered large-scale assaults on…
After Progressivism
“After Progressivism” is one of three addresses given to a symposium on “After Liberalism,” put on in…
Payne’s Books of Job
At the center of Alexander Payne’s moral vision stands the Little Human Being. His clever, contemporary comedies—most…
Two Deaths
As I write these paragraphs, a friend of mine is treading through his last twenty-four hours of…
Liberalism After Liberalism
Liberalism After Liberalism” is one of three addresses given to a symposium on “After Liberalism,” put on…
Material God
Jesus Christ, Eternal God:Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter by stephen h. webb oxford, 368 pages,…
Renewing Dogmatic Theology
Catholics in the last fifty years or so have almost completely ceased to do dogmatic theology. Save…
Icons
No one now expects the rough / Hilarity of Cruikshank / ”The flight of hands like larks...
My Failed Atheism
In thirty years as a professor, of graduate seminars, academic conferences, committee meetings, lunches and dinners, and…
Divine Mercy Sunday
The parish doorbell rings. / When I descend the stair / nobody is there...
Faith’s Social Vision
The World as It Could Be: Catholic Social Thought for a New Generation by thomas d. williams…
