Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
In the Beginning Was the Word
launching liberalism: on lockean political philosophy by michael zuckert university press of kansas, 392 pages, $29.95 Paraphrasing…
January Letters 49
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Zelman: The Court Gets It Right
Several months on, we can begin to appreciate the full importance of the Supreme Court’s June 27,…
A Grammar of the Self
You cannot call up any wilder vision than a city in which men ask themselves whether they…
The Bishops in Charge
“At last.” I breathed a sigh of gratitude upon my first reading of Bishop Wilton Gregory’s presidential…
The Disconsolate Philosopher
the making of a philosopher by colin mcginn harpercollins, 241 pp., $25.95 Philosophy is made for man, not…
Constitutional Persons: An Exchange on Abortion
Readers of First Things should by now be well-acquainted with the heated national debate—in part inspired by…
Briefly Noted 48
After Aquinas: Versions of Thomism. By Fergus Kerr. Blackwell. 254 pp. $24.95 paper. “The problem with Thomism,”…
Separation of Church and State
During last year’s commencement exercises at the University of Virginia, every graduate received a fancy compendium of…
Eric Voegelin: The Restoration of Order
First, the basics: born in Germany in 1901, Eric Voegelin received a doctorate in political science from…
Abortion in the Tides of Culture
Where did the pro-life movement go? A half-dozen years ago movement activists were everywhere, drafting statements, holding…
The Embarrassment of Sin and Grace
It is hard to know precisely where we are in the unfolding of the Long Lent of…
Orestes Brownson and the Truth About America
If you attend Mass in the crypt of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University…
Ivan Karamazov’s Mistake
It is has become commonplace to regard Ivan Karamazov’s “Legend of the Grand Inquisitor” as a prescient…
A New Kind of Science
One should hesitate to review a book that threatens pulling a muscle just by lifting it. Apart…
