Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Spirit of Vatican II
A Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1975 by Piero Marini Liturgical Press, 205…
Clerical Scandal and the Scandal of Clericalism
Clerical Scandal and the Scandal of Clericalism Russell Shaw admits that some people think he has become…
Religious Freedom Upside Down (and a word on William F. Buckley Jr.)
Steven D. Smith, professor of law at the University of San Diego, has an admirable review of…
Reproduction and Public Discourse
Benedict XVI recently asked the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to turn its attention to…
The Pope and the United Nations
The pope has John Allen worried. In a column published in the New York Times , Allen,…
The Death of the Grown-up
My reflexive response on reading Diana West’s The Death of the Grown-up has been to keep announcing…
An Interview with Timothy Keller
On any given Sunday in Manhattan, before and after theater matinees, visits to museums, and walks in…
Henry Hyde (1924-2007)
In September 1984, I had a sabbatical year at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. One…
The Engines That Run the World
The more cynical may say it is a small price to pay for achieving the stature of…
The Tears of Abraham
In his meditation on the sources of human community, “ Death and Politics ,” Jody Bottum makes…
Ironies in the Fire
We all complain at times about the tiresome discussions of the shifting meanings of left and right…
Heroic Conservatism
Defenders of the separation of church and state deplore no period of Christian history more than the…
Death and Politics Revisited
On March 17 at 7:00 pm, I’ll be giving a lecture at Georgetown University’s ICC Auditorium called…
Books That Matter
Books are like minerals, buried and waiting to be found. They lie in dusty corners of used…
Newman on Conversion
Last Friday, Father Richard John Neuhaus, in a piece about the possibilities of reconverting the nation of…
