Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Atque Vale
From Georgia, through South Carolina, North Carolina, around Greenville and Charlotte, across the Tugaloo River, and the…
Hume, Austen, and First Impressions
Saint David,” his friends in Scotland and England called David Hume. And in France, where he spent…
Leon Kass and the Genesis of Wisdom
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis by Leon Kass. Free Press. 576 pp. $35. Leon Kass’ meditation…
God in a Godless Time
If someone were to ask: “How do things stand with the ‘God Question?’” many of us would…
A Relevant Traditionalist
Essential Essays on Judaism by Eliezer Berkovits editied by David Hazony Shalem. 393 pp. $22.95 paper. During…
The Women of Roe v. Wade
To understand fully the incalculable effects of Roe v. Wade it is necessary (though of course not…
Servants of One Sovereign Master
God, Locke, and Equality by Jeremy Waldron Cambridge University Press. 263 pp. $22 paper The account of…
Three Meanings of Secular
It is said that we live in a secular society. But what is meant by “secular”? All…
The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Heresy Hunter
David Berger would seem an unlikely candidate for the role of heresy hunter. A mild-mannered professor of…
Friend, in the Desolate Time
Friend, in the desolate time, when your soul is enshrouded in darkness When, in a deep abyss,…
The Population of Hell
Sometimes the complaint is heard that no one preaches about hell any longer. The subject of hell,…
On the Natural History of Destruction
In the summer of 1943, the British Royal Air Force (with support from the Eighth Army Air…
The Life of Pi
Good news came from across the Atlantic late last year. England’s most prestigious literary award”the Booker Prize”had…
The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
In the epilogue to Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley’s The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the…
Wild Moralists in the Animal Kingdom
Prejudice gets a very bad press, but one cannot live without it. On numerous questions, we have…
