Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
The Faith of the Founding
My colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Walter Berns, has written that the philosophy of John Locke…
American Studies
It is a rare thing for a work of intellectual history to win a Pulitzer Prize. This…
Letters—April 2003
I was impressed by George Weigel’s provocative article, “Moral Clarity in a Time of War” (January), which…
A Court Out of Order
In April 2002 at the United Nations, ten countries simultaneously submitted their ratifications to the “Rome Statute”…
Wild Moralists in the Animal Kingdom
Prejudice gets a very bad press, but one cannot live without it. On numerous questions, we have…
The Sport of Easter
The anonymous alliterative Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the gems…
Poetry(March 2003)
Imagine the way those horses came plunging and foaming like a race undammed, and how the hot…
Letters—March 2003
I read with considerable interest Carl E. Olson’s essay on the apocalyptic fever of Tim LaHaye’s vast…
