Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
August/September Letters
Favoritism vs. Nondiscrimination? In the April issue of First Things (“God and Bigotry at Yale,” Public Square),…
Catholicism and the Bible: An Interview with Albert Vanhoye
Father Albert Vanhoye recently began his second five-year term as Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. In…
Rapture and Renewal in Latin America
At a recent crusade in Argentina, Alberto Mottesi, the Billy Graham of Latin America, thundered to the…
Rethinking Ritual
Looking at the Liturgy: A Critical View of Its Contemporary Form by aidan nichols ignatius, 129 pages,…
Catholics in Exile
In “The Unhappy Fate of Optional Orthodoxy” (Public Square, January), Richard John Neuhaus proposes “Neuhaus’ Law” concerning…
A Bible Fit for Children
In a famous passage from Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead gives this counsel to…
The Styles of Modern Politics
The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Scepticism by michael oakeshott, edited by timothy fuller yale…
At the Border of Church and State
When Sacred and Secular Mix: Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money by stephen v. monsma rowman and…
The Myth of Soulless Women
Josh Billings remarked profoundly that “the trouble with people is not that they don’t know but that…
Humanism After Tillich
The most creative dimensions of Western spirituality are rooted in a deep interaction between the biblically informed…
Derrida, Death, and Forgiveness
Barth, Derrida, and the Language of Theologyby graham ward cambridge university press, 258 pages, $54.95 The Gift…
Ukraine: Christians in Conflict
Kiev is a place whose buildings suggest that the time is out of joint. The decrepit concrete…
What Are You Looking For?
In Genesis 37:15 we read the story of how Joseph arrived in the town of Shechem in…
Getting Over the End of the World
Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection by harold bloom riverhead books/putman, 255 pages,…
Bad News
In Bob Dole’s remarkably inept campaign for the presidency, he could nonetheless count on one surefire applause…
