Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

January Letters 175

Various

The Swallows of Capistrano I am grateful for Joseph Bottum’s “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano:…

To a Lady Contemplating Mischief

Jennifer Reeser

Encompassed at all corners by such fine a cadre of companions, knights, and flags as could be…

Human, All Too Human

Zbigniew Janowski

Dialogue with Nietzsche by Gianni Vattimo Columbia University Press, 247 pages, $29.50 It is part of academic…

Briefly Noted — 01/07

Various

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by n.t. wright harper san francisco, 256 pages, $22.95 Speaking very…

JB: Duke University Rape Case

Joseph Bottum

In response to last week’s news that the Durham prosecutor has finally dropped the rape charges against…

Linton: Messiahs for This Christmas

Michael Linton

Which Messiah ? It’s not a theological question; it’s a question about what to listen to when…

RJN: A Few Items …

Richard John Neuhaus

Herewith a few items, definitely not in order of importance: “Group invites world to come together for…

Bottum: Housekeeping

Joseph Bottum

If you look over at the top of the lefthand column, here at the First Things website,…

JB: A Christmas Carol Revisited

Joseph Bottum

Another in our series of Christmas Reruns ¯writings on the season from our authors through the years.…

Bottum: PS Christmases Past

Joseph Bottum

Another in our series of Christmas Reruns ¯ writings on the season from our authors through the…

Ruiz: Jesus, Manly Man

Mary Angelita Ruiz

“Manliness is next to godliness,” ran the Los Angeles Times headline on December 7. The article examines…

Bottum: The Pius War Revisited

Joseph Bottum

Pius XII is back in the news, this time in reports that the man who would later…

Novak: In Praise of Jeane Kirkpatrick

Michael Novak

Aristotle wrote that the criterion of good moral action is not a principle or a law so…

Poetry

Various

Nine Bells God in His mercy gave the heavens as a clock to sailors he would save.Driven…

Balthasar, Hell, and Heresy: An Exchange

Alyssa Lyra Pitstick and Edward T. Oakes

Alyssa Lyra Pitstick Hans Urs von Balthasar once keenly observed what makes someone an ecclesial theologian: “It…