Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Next President
Nat Hentoff From the beginning, so very long ago, of the 2008 presidential campaign, many of the…
As Long As They Spell Our Names Right
As Long As They Spell Our Names Right We are incessantly told that we live in a…
A Decidedly Unsappy Bella
Chick flicks are the caramel-lattés of romantic comedy¯sweet and frothy, without much nutritional value. Chick flicks reheat…
That Evangelical Crackup
All Souls Day, November 2, is for the ordinary folk. The “faithful departed” means all our brothers…
Woe to Those Who Call Evil Good
Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor, said on more than…
The Nature and Grace of the Family; Godself, Her/Himself, and the Story of Salvation; The Dubious Authority of Gay Experience
Work hard, play by the rules, and go to church. The result will be that, by every…
Purpose: Biological, Biblical, or Both?
In one of his early books, Untimely Meditations , Friedrich Nietzsche spins a tale that, in paraphrase,…
An Alien Grace
Dr. Who , television’s longest-running science fiction show, has returned to planet Earth after battling near extinction.…
Life, the University, and Everything
There are questions so big they’re almost laughable. What is the meaning of life? for instance. We’ve…
Jewish Power, the “Catholic Right,” and the Meeting of Opposites
Walter Benjamin’s is a name to be conjured with in the academic disciplines where “theory” is king.…
Saving Lost Languages
This is a story¯a creation myth from the Tofa: In the very beginning there were no people,…
The UCC’s Ethical Suicide Parlor
On September 18, United Church of Christ minister Kristi Denham announced that a new organization of clergy…
Parsing Abortion Statistics and the Law
The report made headlines across the globe, but even those generally sympathetic to its conclusions acknowledged the…
Who Is John Galt? And Does Anyone Care Anymore?
Tomorrow, October 12, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged .…
The November Issue of First Things Has Arrived
“Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran,” writes Alan Jacobs in the new issue…
