Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Not Your Father’s Pornography
Back in college, before he was a successful lawyer and practicing Catholic, a friend of mine was…
Sarkozy and Secularism
A few years ago, I was in the middle of giving a lecture in Paris about religious…
Marching Orders from a Postmodern Intellectual
In America we tend to have a division of labor. The university professors are dry and dusty…
No Friend in Jesus
“I cannot conceive an argument with John’s Jesus,” Jacob Neusner once wrote, “because eternal Israel in John…
Law and Moral Purpose
The obligations and purposes of law and government are to protect public health, safety, and morals, and…
Altering the Psalms
The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary by robert alter w.w. norton, 560 pages, $35 The…
An Unbooming Business
After the Baby Boomers:How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion by robert wuthnow…
Archimedes Quatrain
Jerusalem, fulcrum of our uplift, Is not this rough plank the Cross, laid aslant Golgotha, The lever…
Lawless Ends
Law as a Means to an End: Threat to the Rule of Law by brian z. tamanaha…
Prayer for Jamaica
Lord of the storm, spare Kingston’s unkempt port, spare Spanish Town and even Montego Bay. Open your…
Religion and Politics: “The Great Separation”
Religion and Politics: “The Great Separation” I approached Mark Lilla’s new book with considerable interest and with…
Barzun at 100
Remember the culture wars? In light of September 11 and the continuing War on Terror, it seems…
We Are the State
The news this next year will be dominated by the presidential race. That is near to inevitable.…
Why Kim Jong-Il Should Fear AntonÃn Dvořák
Now that the New York Philharmonic has accepted the North Korean government’s invitation to perform in Pyongyang…
The True Cost of Doing Something About Global Warming
According to a news story from Reuters , a recent Tufts University study (available here ) says…
