Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
How Democracy Came About and How It Might Be Sustained
From time to time, a most unlikely book strikes the public imagination and becomes something of a…
storms
the wind’s blown stars to powder in the sky’s blueso the morning’s pale and clear, soft as…
The Philosophical Crusher
We milk the cow of the world, and as we do We whisper in her ear, “You are…
The Vatican and the State of Israel
In a recently published book, Sergio I. Minerbi, formerly of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks…
When Nice People Do Bad Theology
Sure, Walker Percy already said it, but that was as a good-natured joshing, a passing joke. Now…
Saints as Givers, Saints as Guides
Making Saints: How the Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t and Why by kenneth l.…
Left Out
Encyclopedia of the American Left edited by mary jo buhle, paul buhle, and dan georgakas garland, 928…
The Death Watch
The Public Square We need not speculate about what may be down “the slippery slope” on which we find…
An Old Radio in Atlantic City
It drew people to it like a fire,The needle floating up and down its dial,Fishing for the…
When Church-State Conflicts Aren’t
Here is a review in a national publication of a book about religion in American public life.…
Conflict of Canons
In his 1989 novel The Storyteller, Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist and erstwhile presidential candidate, describes the Machiguenga, a…
Walker Percy: An Exchange
Joseph Schwartz: Walker Percy’s Wise Answers It is unfortunate that Paul Greenberg’s appreciation of Walker Percy in…
Of Rome and Runnymede
Curious. Why should the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe all see fit to carry the story of the…
“I Am the Very Model of a Modern Vicar-P’rochial”
V-P:I am the very model of a modern Vicar-P’rochial. I’ve schooling theological, from Curran to Ezekial. I…
Judaism and American Public Life: A Symposium
In the half-century now past, the dominant view among American Jews was that religion should be rigorously…
