Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Pacem in Terris After 60 Years
On April 11, 1963, John XXIII issued the encyclical Pacem in Terris, a powerful call for a…
Rewilding American Christianity
Umberto Eco, in a pair of essays now canonical in medieval studies, proposed that we are living…
Sing Your Abortion
Jean Rohe really wants you to know that she had an abortion. In the dehumanizing song “Animal,”…
My Gideon Bible
My mother was notorious for it: checking out of a hotel with an item or two more…
Happiness Requires Resistance
There are two types of patients: those who want to run the show, and those who want…
Let My People Go—For What?
Jews throughout the world celebrate the first nights of Passover, which commemorate God’s deliverance of the Israelites…
Letters—April 2023
Family and Poetry I was very gripped by Kerri Christopher’s essay, “Three Christmas Dinners” (February 2023). I’ve…
Peace in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is passing the one-year mark as I write. In its early days, the…
Sex-Realist Feminism
What is a woman’s place in society? Down the centuries, from Plato and Aristotle to Margaret Sanger…
Theology in Division
Level with me—you’re Catholic, right? I get this question a lot—from students, folks at church, academic colleagues.…
Unmasking the Young
One of the priests I most admire grew up on a farm on the Canadian plains. The…
Who Killed the Catholic University?
Have you not heard of that mad Catholic professor who lit a lantern in the bright morning…
Cold War Contradictions
Kennan: A Life Between Worlds by frank costigliola princeton, 648 pages, $39.95 Another Kennan biography? The study…
Reformed Christians and Lent
In Zürich, March 1522, the Bavarian printer Christoph Froschauer gathered with twelve friends for a meal. The…
Attacks on the Seal of the Confessional
We’re approaching the zenith of tax season, but while accountants are poring through returns, legislators in Washington…
