Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
What Émile Zola’s Nana Can Teach Our Liberated Age
Of the great nineteenth-century French novelists, Victor Hugo still enjoys a certain renown in America, thanks to…
Why the LA Dodgers Chose Anti-Catholicism
Where have you gone, Vin Scully? Dodger nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Is it possible…
Stay Outside
When I first moved to Toronto, I used to pass a certain office building on my way…
The Continuing Relevance of the Donatist Controversy
Perhaps only a few potential readers are interested enough in an essay titled “The Continuing Relevance of…
Angel of New York
On days when the world to me is desolation; when I cannot sit in my seat, or…
Benedict’s Dilemma
In his 2005 Christmas address to the Roman Curia, the recently elected Pope Benedict XVI said that…
Briefly Noted — 7/23
Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life by dana gioia paul dry, 184 pages,…
Christ-Like Holden Caulfield
When I recently ventured to say to an old acquaintance of mine, an academic mandarin who teaches…
Defining Religion in the Court
Here is a snapshot that captures an increasingly important issue in law and religion in the United…
Don’t Spare the Rod
I teach in the most crime-ridden neighborhood in my city. I am not the best teacher in…
Fukuyama v. Fukuyama
Liberalism and Its Discontents by francis fukuyama farrar, straus and giroux, 192 pages, $26 To the general…
He Was Afraid, and Began to Sink, and Cried Out
Peter: you doubt, you sink. Your wavering / Petrifies. Remember even the heaving / Sea keeps faith…
Kafka’s Trials
The Diaries of Franz Kafka translated by ross benjamin schocken, 704 pages, $45 The job of a…
Litany of the Cross
Save us, O Holy Cross. / Signpost of the times, / Gnomon of the age, / Axes…
Our Lady of Azakh
There’s a curious little church in the Syrian city of Derik. The Church of Our Lady (kanisat…
