Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Verses of the Soul That Pines to See God
Not in myself do I live but in such great hope, that I die of longing to…
Christ and Nothing
As modern men and women—to the degree that we are modern—we believe in nothing. This is not…
Roots of Jihad
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis Modern Library. 170 pp. $19.95…
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Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?. By Michael Ruse. Harvard University Press. 371 pp. $29.95.…
A Conservative Innovator
Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George M. Marsden Yale University Press. 615 pp. $35 Since Jonathan Edwards’…
In Lieu of Memoirs
I don’t know what to call this. It is certainly not, in any ordinary sense of the…
Ave Maria
When we were born, our awestruck mother smiled. God gave her love to give the wondering child.…
Laodicea
I burn for all good heresy in this ungodly town. If I had any hope to raise…
Fighting the Noonday Devil
For most of the modern era, Christian apologists have emphasized the role of pride as the primary…
The Ironies of American Power
Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagan Knopf. 103…
Church Clothes
The chameleon charms with wizardry to escape his humble lizardry, blending in with vain show blizzardry, Chameleon…
Christian Unity: Beginning Again, Again
The Public Square Call it a pause or a hiatus or a bump in the road or…
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…