Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
America, America
Americans have always been an intensely patriotic people. Most of them love their country without reserve and…
Our Babies, Ourselves
Ourselves Unborn: A History of the Fetus in Modern America by Sara Dubow Oxford, 320 pages, $29.95…
A Review of The World in the Shadow of God
The World in the Shadow of God: An Introduction to Christian Natural Theology by Ephraim Radner Cascade,…
Miraculous Box
In the 1950s, late in the architect’s life, Le Corbusier built the chapel of Notre Dame du…
The Last of the Saffron Monks
Most mornings, U Pyinya Zawta meditates for an hour in lotus position, hands resting gently in his…
A Review of A Tremor of Bliss: Sex, Catholicism, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
A Tremor of Bliss: Sex, Catholicism, and Rock ’n’ Roll by Mark Judge Doubleday, 208 pages, $14…
Evangelizing Islam
In the book The Critique of Christian Origins , written in a.d. 995, Iranian theologian Abd al-Jabbar…
Geeks with Guns
The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah by Joel Chasnoff Free Press,…
Why the News Makes Us Dumb
The period between Christmas and New Year’s Day is often described as a “slow-news week.” We use…
The Incarnation
It’s easy to step back and denounce the excesses of the Christmas season: the orgy of spending,…
Delivered From All Stain
“Yeah, right” is the way the more irenic of my Evangelical friends react to the Immaculate Conception,…
Why We Can’t Hear Wagner’s Music
Late in the nineteenth century, men and women in apparent possession of their senses heard Richard Wagner’s…
A Caricature of History
A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century: From Confessing Sins to Liberating Consciences By…
Caesar’s Thumb
At the close of the last century, as the reckoning was drawn up in Europe for the…
Bearing Better Witness
When even Christianity Today is asking, “Is the Gay Marriage Debate Over?” the issue has become so…
