Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells
The question of when human life commences is one of longstanding philosophical and scientific interest. In our…
Briefly Noted 23
In Defense of Globalization . By Jagdish Bhagwati. Oxford University Press. 308 pp. $28. There are many…
June/July Letters
Agony and Art The rhetorical devices employed by Russell Hittinger and Eilzabeth Lev in “Gibson’s Passion ”…
Fear of Redemption
When I conjure in my mind the objections that people I know make to Christianity, I am…
Religion Uniquely Disfavored
While some scholars have argued that there is, in terms of both grammar and purpose, only one…
What It’s Like To Be a Christian
Truths are one thing, the way they are set forth is another. These words express what many…
The Catholic Reform II
Last month we began an extended report on the two reports issued on February 27 and on…
The Passion’s Passionate Despisers
What are we to make of l’affaire Gibson now that his film has turned out to be…
May Letters
Europe’s Problem or Ours? George Weigel’s provocative article, “Europe’s Problem”and Ours” (February) was interesting to me for…
Russia: Religion on a Leash
To those who value stability above all other political goods, Russia should look more attractive now than…
How Richard Rorty Found Religion
Richard Rorty’s Aversion to traditional religion and religious belief is well known. In 2000, for example, he…
The Politics of Partisan Neutrality
Americans who want to understand conflicts between Democrats and Republicans during the election season have received precious…
Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
In 1844 Philip Schaff, a Swiss church historian, to the surprise of his academic colleagues, accepted a…
Waugh Abroad: Collected Travel Writing
The year 2003 marked the centenary of the birth of Evelyn Waugh, which Knopf has chosen to…
“Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism”
In 2003, the chief appellate court of the province of Ontario unanimously ruled that the common law…
