Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Matter Over Mind

Stephen M. Barr

Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities About Human Nature By Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S.…

Cicero Superstar

Mary Ann Glendon

More rare than athletes who have played both baseball and football in the major leagues are individuals…

Politics For The Greatest Good

Matthew Kenefick

Politics For The Greatest Good: The Case for Prudence in the Public Square by Clarke D. Forsythe…

Mister Wilson

Brian Doyle

One time a zillion years ago I played on a basketball team On which eight players had…

Letters—January 2010

Various

The War Between the Sexless Mary Eberstadt (“What Does Woman Want?” October 2009) and the authors (Caitlyn…

Advent and the Pregnancy Narratives—a Season of Joyful Expectation

Gerardine Luongo

I fear I may have missed some of the beauty of Advent. I missed the lessons from…

Freedom for Faith, Freedom for All

Richard W. Garnett

In Defense of Religious Liberty By David Novak ISI, 250 pages, $18 William James once quipped that…

Briefly Noted – 12/09

Various

The Wine Of Certitude: A Literary Biography Of Ronald Knox by david rooney ignatius, 412 pages, $17.95…

Farm Boy, Call Kayla

Timothy Murphy

Brady, you went to school with pretty Kayla. You’re six feet one, soft spoken and you’re handsome,…

A Demand for Freedom

Joseph Bottum

It’s a nudge here and a shove there. A push from one side and a kick from…

The Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel

Reuven Kimelman

Judaism is not a doctrine but a life—the continuation of the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.…

The Nature of Desire

Paul J. Griffiths

“This is the monstrosity in love, lady,” Troilus tells Cressida in Shakespeare’s play, “that the will is…

There’s Something About Bloody Mary

Stephanie A. Mann

Mary I, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s only surviving child, was the first Queen Regnant of…

A Charitable Endeavor

Charles J. Chaput Thomas Weinandy O.F.M. Cap.

To understand Catholic charities in the United States today, we need to remember two simple facts. First,…

Reading the Qur’an Through the Bible

Gabriel Said Reynolds

In the West the Qur’an has long been understood as the work of Muhammad, a religious reformer…