Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
What Happened to the Values Voter?
The 2008 presidential campaign was punctuated by pastor controversies. Barack Obama was troubled by Jeremiah Wright, his…
The Unhappy Fate of Optional Orthodoxy
The Public Square Richard John Neuhaus died on January 8, 2009, at the age of seventy-two—a great…
Minus
Economy of loss: the sly subtraction whereby I give when I have nothing left to give and…
For a Joint Fortieth Birthday
for Barnaby If we’re in the same boat, call it an ark: For forty days and nights”about…
The Republic of Virtue
In Year One, the month of Vintage , time began. Fog hovered above the earth, like an…
Recovering the Bible
The Bible contains a verse that scholars like to quote. It is from the book of Ecclesiastes:…
Whatever Happened to Susan Pevensie?
It’s one of childhood’s great narrative shocks. Susan Pevensie is no longer a friend of Narnia. The…
The Anglicans in Egypt: A Deeper Communion
“Are we a global church, or are we a federation of local bodies?” At the close of…
February Letters
Mr. Smith Goes to NiceaBruce D. Porter and Gerald R. McDermott’s dual analysis (“Is Mormonism Christian?” October…
The Return of the Best and Brightest
The election is over and the inauguration is upon us. There has been and will be a…
Secularizations
As with most academic traditions, and especially those that are viewed as soft, there are orthodoxies and…
Progress Without Pause
Dear Hannah, I know you saw the news almost a year ago about the successful cloning of…
A Place in the Cosmos
The Writings of Charles De Koninck, Volume 1 edited by Ralph McInerny University of Notre Dame Press,…
The Will to Disbelieve
Imagine for a moment that much of the world is living under a set of ideas that…
God-Talk
Sacred Attunement: A Jewish Theology by Michael Fishbane University of Chicago Press, 246 pages, $30 The word…
