Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The “I” of Christ
Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy by John McGuckin St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press 430 pp.…
Stem Cells and Babies
Positions on human embryonic stem-cell research tend to fall into two camps: Either anything goes, or nothing…
Against Eternal Youth
I’m a fan of old movies, the black-and-whites from the 1930s and 1940s, in part because of…
Sundial in the Rain
Patiently waiting for the sun to rise, the dial seems more dutiful than wise: the sun, already…
Robert Alter’s Fidelity
As the Italians say, traduttori, tradittori: translators are traitors. But the translator who shrugs and—cheerfully or resignedly—agrees…
Oz’s Israel
A Tale of Love and Darkness by amos oz harcourt, 544 pp, $26 Just over forty years…
A Label that Sticks
When I was in high school, the students fell into many different groups: preps, jocks, cheerleaders, punks,…
Parable of the Birds
They might be swallows. Barely to be seen, they come through what the combine left behind, dispersed,…
A Jewish-Catholic Bioethics?
The term “Judeo-Christian” has entered our civic vocabulary for good reason. On many of the deepest issues…
Sex or Gender?
Taking Sex Differences Seriously by Steven E. Rhoads Encounter. 362 pp. $17.95 When Steven Rhoads published Taking…
Briefly Noted 11
Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World. By Wesley J. Smith. Encounter. 219 pp. $25.95. The Brave…
Unreasonable Observers
The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life by James Hitchcock Princeton University Press Vol. I: The…
Rome Diary
April 11: Remembering John Paul II There, on the catafalque only a few feet away, was what…
Offer Declined
The Future of Religion by Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo Columbia University Press, 112 pp. $24.50 The…
Gardens of Good and Evil
If you are old enough to have taken a Western Civilization course when it was still a…
