Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
In a Funeral Procession
O soon will come the day when my grave-bound motorcade is led past sidewalk gawkers wondering who…
Keeping the Peace
Over the last few years there has been a sharp change in the rhetoric of the Catholic…
Review of Letters to a Young Calvinist
Letters to a Young Calvinist by james k. a. smith brazos, 160 pages, $14.99 Inspired by two…
Philosophy Lives
Philosophy, Étienne Gilson observed, “always buries its undertakers.” “Philosophy,” according to Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, in…
A Review of Aesthetic Revelation
Aesthetic Revelation: Reading Ancient and Medieval Texts After Hans Urs von Balthasar by Oleg V. Bychkov Catholic…
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,…
