Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters—November 2010
The Politics of Life My own take on abortion politics is somewhat different from Joseph Bottum’s (“The…
What the Father Came to See
How old the story is, we have come to see, and yet how true. The kid’s back…
College Rankings
From Abilene Christian University in Texas to Zion Bible College in Massachusetts: For this survey, First Things…
Two Souls in One Breast
The German Genius by peter watson harpercollins, 964 pages, $35 What went wrong in Germany? How did…
Schools of Thought
It’s not easy to answer, the simple question of where to study theology. Interests, backgrounds, convictions, and…
Wayfaring: Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant by Alan Jacobs
Wayfaring: Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant by alan jacobs eerdmans, 154 pages, $18 Wayfaring, Jacobs’ new collection of…
Fired, in a Crowded Theater
Kenneth Howell felt relaxed as he walked across the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,…
Fighting for Life
One cold, wet day in San Jose, California, I was stuck inside my childhood home, looking for…
Rescuing Evil
At the close of the final 2010 Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowship seminar series in Cambridge this June, after…
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by eric metaxas thomas nelson, 591 pages, $29.99 “Silence in the face…
A Crack of Light
Lyric maneuvers through a narrow space, a blade of light squeezed under a dark door, hence more…
A New Song
The Christian West and Its Singers: The First Thousand Years by christopher page yale, 692 pages, $45…
The Keynes Conundrum
The most practical man of business is usually the slave of a defunct economist, John Maynard Keynes…
Death Orders by Anna Geifman
Death Orders: The Vanguard of Modern Terrorism in Revolutionary Russia by anna geifman praeger, 229 pages, $34.95…
Fearful Symmetries
Since the time of Newton, science has advanced by a strategy rightly called “reductionism.” This method, which…
