Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Hour of the Laity
Throughout the twentieth century, leaders of the Catholic Church implored lay men and women with increasing urgency…
The Implosion of American Federalism
Next to the exponential growth of government itself, the most noteworthy feature of American political institutions in…
Political Blasphemy
It lasted but a moment, but while it lasted it was political theater to be relished. The…
Was Reinhold Niebuhr a Christian?
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), dubbed “America’s theologian” by the mid-twentieth-century media, had a host of critics during his…
Russians and Catholics
To feel the full historical weight of Russian attitudes toward the Roman Catholic Church one should see…
The Last Respectable Prejudice
Does anti-Catholicism exist? Yes it does. Can we define it? Yes we can. It’s repugnance for things…
Truth, Beauty & the American Way
Ever since the World Trade Center was destroyed, the question of what to do with the site…
Whatever Happened to Sociology?
The title question has been asked frequently in recent years, both within and outside the field. I…
Antonin Scalia and His Critics: The Church, the Courts, and the Death Penalty
In his article “God’s Justice and Ours” (FT, May), Justice Antonin Scalia states correctly, I believe, that…
How to Think About Globalization
Soon after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last September, the Economist published…
The Meanings of Marriage
“The apt and cheerful conversation of man with woman is the chief and noblest purpose of marriage,”…
Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography
While describing the Rawlsian-liberal idea of “the unencumbered self” and “the procedural republic” in Democracy’s Discontents (1994),…
Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions
Martha C. Nussbaum is a universalist feminist, which makes her something of an anomaly in the academy…
A New Religious America
In recent years, the decade of the 1960s has become a popular subject for courses in university…
Newman on the Personal
There immediately follows a piece of vintage Newmanian satire. He imagines the division of mind that is…
