Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Letters—Aug/Sept 2009
Remembering Richard John Neuhaus The April issue of First Things is a beautiful and moving tribute to…
Aug/Sep Letters
A Green Thought in a Green Shade Alan Jacobs’ critique of The Green Bible (“Blessed Are the…
Dhimmitude Deferred
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe by Christopher Caldwell Doubleday, 432 pages, $30 The title of Christopher…
Shades of Infallibility
Papal Infallibility: A Protestant Evaluation of an Ecumenical Issue by Mark E. Powell Eerdmans, 226 pages, $40…
A Room With a View
I once accused the young convert poet Robert Lowell of espousing Catholicism with all the marital fidelity…
That Nothing May Be Lost
This spring I was out of the country for a week. Attending Mass shortly after my return,…
Science Seeking Understanding
The conversation between science and religion has suffered two sad losses recently, with the deaths of Peter…
Contingency
MORPHINE: Dosage: 200 milligrams, typically 14 light blue tablets. Timing: unconscious in 5“15 minutes, death in 20“50.…
Letters—June/July 2009
Choose Your Own Narrative The main problem with George Weigel’s evaluation (“A Campaign of Narratives,” March 2009)…
Wine Cellar
I have two barrels of wine stocked in my private store. One’s earthy, one divine; I thirst…
China’s Catholic Moment
Not since late antiquity has the world seen a migration of peoples like the great urbanization of…
At the Gates of Notre Dame
We all knew this fight was coming. The Catholic Church and the Catholic colleges have been heading…
Jewish Survival in a Gentile World
There are only two possible strategies for Jewish survival in a gentile world. One is to be…
Unawares, by Parrots
The sky erupts in rabid, bright-green shrieking, A bedlam which can only mean that harpies, Descending on…
St. Paul in the Public Square
Consider this passage from St. Paul: “I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying;…
