Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Tatian on Death and Immortality
A recent diagnosis of cancer I got late last year, with some subsequent surgery I had to…
Beyond “Beyondism”
I think it was David Brooks who coined, years ago, the term “beyondist.” A beyondist is someone…
Right Reason in the Public Square, Part II
I recently argued in this space that Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice…
Deep Thoughts from Senator Edwards
Senator John Edwards has offered us a reflection that gives us a glimpse of his hidden theological…
Prosing About the Web
Writing on the Web good not is. Too fast, it move. Too quick, it change. And telegraphed…
Zinovy Zinik and “The Solzhenitsyn Reader”
In May 1982, the Russian Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn took time off from his work on The…
For the Sake of Civil Argument
Talk about “criminalizing political differences” is again rife in the wake of the conviction of Scooter Libby.…
Varieties of Religious Certitude
In a recent essay in the Times Literary Supplement , Steven Weinberg suggested that the reason the…
March Letters 178
The Founders & Individualism As a fellow law professor and Catholic, I agree with many of the…
Letrillos
Nativity With God’s Word-the burgeon that swells in her womb” now she comes, the Virgin: if you…
Responses to Balthasar, Hell, and Heresy
In the exchanges between Alyssa Pitstick and Edward Oakes, S.J., on the thought of Hans Urs von…
Metaphysical America
A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion by catherine l. albanese…
Bach to the Future
Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Work by martin geck harcourt, 752 pages, $40 The collected works of Johann…
Literature in the Ruins
Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination: Ruins, Relics, Rarities, Rubbish, Uninhabited Places, and Hidden Treasures, by Francesco…
Catholic Nursing Homes to Be Forced to Permit Assisted Suicide
“Choice” my foot: If the new bill to legalize assisted suicide in California (A.B. 374) becomes law,…
