Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Gospel According to Levin
Anna Karenina throws herself in front of a train at the end of the seventh part of…
The Cost of Communism
Only two blocks from the White House, a small museum in an elegant Beaux Arts mansion draws…
The Pleasure of Walking
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Walking the Synodal Way . . . Off a Cliff
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Beauty Makes a Comeback
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Fight with Style
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A Different Kind of Pride Flag
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What Émile Zola’s Nana Can Teach Our Liberated Age
Of the great nineteenth-century French novelists, Victor Hugo still enjoys a certain renown in America, thanks to…
Why the LA Dodgers Chose Anti-Catholicism
Where have you gone, Vin Scully? Dodger nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Is it possible…
Stay Outside
When I first moved to Toronto, I used to pass a certain office building on my way…
The Continuing Relevance of the Donatist Controversy
Perhaps only a few potential readers are interested enough in an essay titled “The Continuing Relevance of…
Angel of New York
On days when the world to me is desolation; when I cannot sit in my seat, or…
Benedict’s Dilemma
In his 2005 Christmas address to the Roman Curia, the recently elected Pope Benedict XVI said that…
Briefly Noted — 7/23
Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life by dana gioia paul dry, 184 pages,…
Christ-Like Holden Caulfield
When I recently ventured to say to an old acquaintance of mine, an academic mandarin who teaches…