Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Real Presence of Christmas
It is not a matter of revving ourselves up to experience again the wonder of the Christ…
Our New Group Blog
. . . has been up and opining almost a week now¯as distinguished from our Daily Article…
The Warrior Class
Robert Kaplan has a fine essay over on the American Interest on the growing gap between the…
God in the Gallery
Numerous illustrations—absorbing, beautiful ones—of both the Vulgate Bible and the Divine Comedy by the Surrealist painter Salvador…
The January Issue of First Things Is Here!
“The defense of life,” declares Princeton University’s Robert P. George, “calls America back to the founding principles…
Watching The Golden Compass
The book version of The Golden Compass begins with a bang. The movie version with a lecture.…
The Pope Writes to Chinese Catholics; Stanley Fish’s Take on Richard Dawkins & Co.¯with Unhappy Consequences for Reason
Pope Benedict’s letter this past week to the Catholics of China is a development of potentially historic…
Mitt Romney on Faith in America
It was a powerful speech powerfully delivered. I don’t do political endorsements but am on record as…
Keeping Marriage Public
Prof. Stephanie Coontz recently took to the pages of the New York Times to inform us that…
On Christian Hope
Pope Benedict XVI released his new encyclical letter, Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope), November 30, just two…
A Changed Stem Cell Debate
Sometimes political discussions get so bogged down that people’s views get set in stone. With advocates on…
John Paul II and the Jews
More than any other pope, John Paul II was the twentieth century’s greatest papal friend and supporter…
The Devil’s Party
The film version of The Golden Compass opens on December 7 and it’s worth remembering that the…
The Art of Transgression
Contemporary art refuses any set form, content, or medium—but it does, nonetheless, insist on one sure commandment:…
Faith by the Numbers
Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faithby daniel j. cohen johns hopkins university press, 256 pages, $50…
