Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Joseph Ratzinger
The pope entombed in the crypt under St. Peter’s Basilica on January 5, 2023 was without doubt…
Paul Johnson, Philo-Semite
Anti-Semitism, it has often been observed, is remarkably adaptable. Across countless centuries, anti-Semites have targeted Jews because…
Ratzinger and the Liberation Theologians
The legacy of Joseph Ratzinger does not rest on the institution of “pope emeritus,” which he pioneered.…
What Pilate Learns
No doctrine was more fundamental to the Bolsheviks than atheism. They professed absolute certainty that nothing exists…
Who Owns the Human Body?
In August of 2000, I was fresh out of graduate school and had just launched the Center…
First Things Junior Fellows Program 2023
Graduating college seniors and recent graduates are invited to apply for the First Things junior fellows program. The junior…
Churchmen of the Year
When they were working together some years ago at the Ukrainian Catholic University—the only Catholic institution of…
The Future for Religious Charter Schools
As the band Buffalo Springfield put it more than a half-century ago, “there’s something happening here.” Indeed,…
The Gospel of Architecture
We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.” With these famous words, Winston Churchill argued…
Technocracy and Same-Sex Marriage
During this week’s General Synod, the Church of England will hammer out the details of its decision…
George Pell, Lion of the Church
This essay was originally delivered on February 1 as a homily at a memorial Vespers for Cardinal…
Identity Politics at the King’s Coronation
Adult immigrants often feel that they are homeless. Not homeless in the literal sense of the word,…
An Evangelical Bible Translation
Another English translation of the Bible recently appeared: the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition (NRSVue). While…
The Return of Religion
Joshua Mitchell has made a strong case that religion has returned to public life. In American Awakening:…
The West: Post- or Pre-Christian?
It became clear to me that my personal Christian faith is not tolerated or permitted in the…
