Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Where Is God in The Lord of the Rings? (ft. Douglas Estes)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Douglas Estes joins…
The Essential Newman
I first read St. John Henry Newman in 1985, when I was a graduate student at Yale.…
The Art of the Proof (ft. J. Jacob Tawney)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, J. Jacob Tawney…
A Time for Hatred?
For two weeks, two icons of horrific violence have dominated the news: the August 22 murder of…
Bright Girdle Furled
Light on Darkness restores liturgy to its place at the heart of the medieval world. Like a…
Paul Against the Jews?
The writings of the apostle Paul have confused many. Even his fellow apostle St. Peter wrote that…
The Torchbearer of Thomism
On August 28, the French Dominican theologian Jean-Pierre Torrell (1927–2025) died at age ninety-eight in Fribourg, Switzerland.…
Can Transsexuals Be Baptized?
These are not easy days to be a Catholic pastor. In our age of entitlement and mixed…
Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma
Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…
Did Vatican II Replace One-Sided Papalism with One-Sided Episcopalism?
As everyone knows, the Second Vatican Council was an extraordinary event, with ramifications not simply for Catholicism…
Theology for a Brave New World
In this episode, Fr. Thomas Joseph White joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about…
A Rahnerian Surprise
Karl Rahner, S.J. (1904–1984), one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, is a…
Bishop Barron, the German Church, and the Renewal of Faith
On July 27, Bishop Robert Barron was awarded the Josef Pieper Prize in Münster, Germany, joining the…
St. John Henry Newman, Doctor for the Modern World
In 1874, three years before St. Francis de Sales was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church, John…
Engineers for the Gospel
About twenty years ago, a lecturer in philosophy stopped by my office in the Engineering Faculty. He…
