Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Spiritual Death of the West
The most important dystopian novels of the first half of the twentieth century are Aldous Huxley’s Brave…
Knowing Animals, Knowing God
Should we care about extinction? We hear all kinds of numbers about this. At the top end,…
Letters
Dilemmas Matthew Schmitz presents many admirable points in his article, “Benedict Lives” (March 2023). Always respectful of…
What Ukraine Means
On February 24, 2022, something considered so unlikely in the twenty-first century as to be almost unimaginable…
1968 Is So Over
In 1883, speaking not as a novelist but as a bystander describing a terrible scene of carnage,…
America’s Imperial Ideology
On March 20, the United States organized a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the…
City Nave
Stand on your head. You’ll see that she’s a boat Winding between the waves of wailing walls,…
Hazards of Nationalism
Anti-Christian violence is on the rise in Israel. Jewish extremists have attacked Christian sites six times since…
Heroic Historian
Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War by joseph t. stuart catholic…
Insight at First Sight
Imagine that you are an accomplished young woman, walking into a campus coffee shop toward the end…
Judith Butler’s Trouble
ABerkeley student approaches two older women. She has a flier in her hand. “Hey, happy No-Pants Day!”…
What We’ve Been Reading—April 2023
Veronica ClarkeAssociate Editor I wonder if Holden Caulfield’s suitcases are still in a strongbox at Grand Central.…
Pacem in Terris After 60 Years
On April 11, 1963, John XXIII issued the encyclical Pacem in Terris, a powerful call for a…
Rewilding American Christianity
Umberto Eco, in a pair of essays now canonical in medieval studies, proposed that we are living…
Sing Your Abortion
Jean Rohe really wants you to know that she had an abortion. In the dehumanizing song “Animal,”…
