Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

When Jews Are Christians

David Novak

I By now it is obvious that in the past twenty-five years or so there has been…

The Present and Future Church

Wolfhart Pannenberg

At the dawning of this century, Christians in Europe and North America harbored great expectations. Many leaders…

Tough-minded Feminism

Suzanne Fields

Power Trips and Other Journeys: Essays in Feminism as Civic Discourse by jean bethke elshtain university of…

A Guide to Barth

David Lewis Stokes, Jr.

How to Read Karl Barth: The Shape of His Theology by george hunsinger oxford university press, 298…

Countercultural Christians

R. Booth Fowler

Understanding Fundmentalism and Evangelicalism by george m. marsden eerdmans, 206 pages, $12.95 Evangelicalism and fundamentalism continue to…

The Neoconservatives

Dan Himmelfarb

Watch on the Right: Conservative Intellectuals in the Reagan Era by j. david hoeveler, jr. university of…

Looking at Islam After Kipling and Hesse

Richard John Neuhaus

Books on Islam, we are told, are enjoying brisk sales. For reasons related to the imperialist past…

Editorial: Democratic Waves

The Editors

Democracy is still very much a minority phenomenon among the nations of the world, but it is…

Is Egalitarianism Good for the Jews?

Aaron Wildavsky

Apall hangs over the American debate about equality. It is becoming difficult for people to speak their…

Infernal Counsel

Thomas C. Kohler

Dear Cachexia, Well, isn’t this impressive! You’ve had charge of this patient of yours for just two…

Ideology Therapy

Ben F. Meyer

Wise is he to whom all things taste as they are.—Joseph Pieper The first time the popular…

Man and Woman: An Old Story

Leon R. Kass

Man and woman. What are they, and why—each alone and both together? How are they alike and…

The Constitution and the Erotic Self

Gerard V. Bradley

The history books tell us that Gavrilo Princip, the Serbian nationalist who shot and killed Austrian Archduke…

The Popes and the Economy

Francis Canavan

Papal doctrine on political economy has long been misunderstood as well as mistrusted among those economic liberals…

The Myth of the Civil War

Matthew Berke

The Civil War A film by Ken Burns Shown as a PBS television series; also available on…