Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Passions Surrounding The Passion
“An Open Letter to the Jewish Community” was issued by the Catholic League a few weeks prior…
The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961
The Catholic Revival in English Literature by Ian Ker is not, as its title suggests, the study…
God’s Bestseller
“They were smuggling . . . books?” exclaimed the young woman incredulously. She had seen me reading…
Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham
Thomas Pangle, author of numerous acclaimed studies spanning the entire history of political philosophy from Socrates to…
Love the Lovely Boomerang
Love the lovely boomerang remands, in command and countermand, circumnavigations that sang exile and reply out of…
Episcopalian Preferences Revisited
I very much appreciated reading Philip Turner’s ruminations about “The Episcopalian Preference” (November 2003). I have thought…
Publick Religion: Adams v. Jefferson
The civic catechisms of our day still celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s experiment in religious liberty. To end a…
Nasty and Nice in Politics and Religion
A half-truth is, more often than not, the half that we prefer to believe, or prefer that…
Jefferson’s Demons: Portrait of a Restless Mind
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a little different from the other great monuments of Washington, D.C. Standing…
True Fictions of Fatherhood
About two-and-a-half years ago, my wife and I sat in a lawyer’s office trying not to think…
Europe’s Problem—and Ours
Go back in your mind’s eye to the fall of 1940, the fateful period that Winston Churchill…
Briefly Noted — 02/04
Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Faith. By Peter L. Berger. Blackwell. 187pp. $24.95. The noted…
In the Aftermath of Scandal
Aftermath does not mean it is over. The word literally means a second-growth crop or, more simply,…
Accomplishment––or Fame
Human Accomplishment: the Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950.by Charles Murray.Harper…
Taming the Vindictive Passions
Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits. by Jeffrie G. Murphy. Oxford University Press. 152 pp. $21. In…
