Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
February Letters 80
Speaking of Law In his review of Steven D. Smith’s work (“Law & Language,” November), Justice Scalia…
Hrothgar’s Homily
I tell you this tale as I mull and marvel how the Almighty metes to mankind the…
Portrait of the Philosopher as a Young Man
An Infamous Past: E.M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in RomaniaBy Marta Petreu Ivan R. Dee. 332…
Philosophers and the Old Adam
Stanley Cavell crafted the phrase “truth in foul disguise” to describe Nietzsche’s analysis of Christianity. Stephen Mulhall’s…
A Penny for the Guy
Within two weeks of his return from Rome in 1586, Father Robert Garnet had been selected to…
RJN 1.25.06 As you might imagine…
As you might imagine, I spend a good deal of time talking with reporters. I usually don’t…
RJN 1.23.06 For the first time…
For the first time in about 35 years I took a winter break last week, five days…
RJN 1.05.06 “The Christ-haunted…
“The Christ-haunted South.” Flannery O’Connor’s phrase came to mind, said a friend, upon reading this report from…
RJN 1.02.06 In a December…
In a December 30 posting in this space, I commented on some intemperate and inaccurate remarks by…
More on Bible Babel
Back in May 2001, I wrote in this space, under the title “Bible Babel,” about the translation…
Judging Politics
Once there was no politics in the “pre-political” society God created. One day there will be no…
God and Man at Davidson
The Presbyterians founded Davidson College in North Carolina in 1837”in order, they said, to educate young men…
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
I suppose it is appropriate for a book on eternal life to be long. Given the ground…
Sweet Reason
“Each nation that has ‘liberal’ abortion laws has rapidly become, if it was not already, a nation…
January Letters 79
Randomness and Intelligent Design The controversy resulting from Cardinal Schönborn’s opinion article in the New York Times…
