Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

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…

The Occidental Difference

David Gress

What Is the West? by Philippe Nemo Duquesne University Press, 155 pages, $18.95 Back in the late…

Balthasar, Hell, and Heresy: An Exchange

Edward T. Oakes Alyssa Lyra Pitstick

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

Briefly Noted 176

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Ambrose’s Patriarchs: Ethics for the Common Man by Marcia L. Colish University of Notre Dame Press, 208…

Arkes: The Commerce Clause Revisited

Hadley Arkes

In the forthcoming January issue of First Things , I have an analysis of the oral arguments…

Anderson: What Went Right on Tuesday

Ryan T. Anderson

I’m no expert when it comes to analysis of political trends, party politics, or electoral strategy. But…

Mathewes-Green: Thoughts on Haggard

Frederica Mathewes-Green

I was in Denver for about a hundred minutes this weekend. I hadn’t planned it, but when…

RJN: Europe, the Founders, and the Archdiocese of New York

Richard John Neuhaus

Jewcentricity is a word that will probably not catch on, but Adam Garfinkle employs it to good…

RJN: The Debates Rage

Richard John Neuhaus

You will not be surprised to learn that I am solidly on Ross Douthat’s side in his…

Bottum: On Robertson Davies

Joseph Bottum

Is it just my imagination or has Robertson Davies faded considerably over the past decade? I was…

Anderson: Marriage Ruling in New Jersey

Ryan T. Anderson

Yesterday’s Lewis v. Harris ruling by the New Jersey State Supreme Court is truly unfortunate. In a…