Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Way, the Truth, and Philip Jenkins
Woody Allen used to joke that he had been kicked out of college for cheating on an…
Surprised by Calvin
In his Letters to Malcolm, C.S. Lewis reminds his fictitious friend about an argument the two of…
Church Ladies
Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic Feminist Movement by mary j. henold university…
A Campaign of Narratives
The conventional Beltway wisdom on the 2008 presidential election was summed up, unsurprisingly, by David Broder in…
Briefly Noted 226
Abortion Under State Constitutions by Paul Benjamin Linton Carolina Academic , 610 pages, $75 As Rodney Dangerfield…
While Europe Slept
In the great cathedrals in Europe, a few people—usually elderly women—can be found at worship. Everybody else…
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…
The Return of the Best and Brightest
The election is over and the inauguration is upon us. There has been and will be a…
