Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Passion’s Passionate Despisers

Kenneth L. Woodward

What are we to make of l’affaire Gibson now that his film has turned out to be…

Letters—May 2004

Various

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

Lawrence A. Uzzell

To those who value stability above all other political goods, Russia should look more attractive now than…

How Richard Rorty Found Religion

Jason Boffetti

Richard Rorty’s Aversion to traditional religion and religious belief is well known. In 2000, for example, he…

The Politics of Partisan Neutrality

Louis Bolce Gerald De Maio

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

Robert Louis Wilken

In 1844 Philip Schaff, a Swiss church historian, to the surprise of his academic colleagues, accepted a…

Waugh Abroad: Collected Travel Writing

David Bentley Hart

The year 2003 marked the centenary of the birth of Evelyn Waugh, which Knopf has chosen to…

“Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism”

Raymond J. de Souza

In 2003, the chief appellate court of the province of Ontario unanimously ruled that the common law…

Passions Surrounding The Passion

Richard John Neuhaus

“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

Matthew Boudway

The Catholic Revival in English Literature by Ian Ker is not, as its title suggests, the study…

God’s Bestseller

Jr. James R. Stoner

“They were smuggling . . . books?” exclaimed the young woman incredulously. She had seen me reading…

Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham

Ralph Hancock

Thomas Pangle, author of numerous acclaimed studies spanning the entire history of political philosophy from Socrates to…

Love the Lovely Boomerang

Valerie Wohlfeld

Love the lovely boomerang remands, in command and countermand, circumnavigations that sang exile and reply out of…

Letters—March 2004

Various

I very much appreciated reading Philip Turner’s ruminations about “The Episcopalian Preference” (November 2003). I have thought…

Publick Religion: Adams v. Jefferson

John Witte, Jr.

The civic catechisms of our day still celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s experiment in religious liberty. To end a…