Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Notes on the Culture Wars
Almost nobody wants to be called a prude and reactionary, a bluenose puritan and spoilsport. It would…
The Death of Religious Higher Education
From time to time, a set of concerns reaches something like a critical mass. Familiar discontents vaguely…
David Byrne and the Curse of Lifestyle
Lately I’ve been noting an interesting linguistic phenomenon: the all-purpose word. You come across it most often…
The New Lapsed
In the aftermath of the victory over Communist domination of Eastern Europe, previously hidden divisions are surfacing…
Islam and Modernity
As Communism loses its menacing posture and its threat recedes globally. Western concentration is beginning to focus…
Capitalism and the Disorders of Modernity
For most people in America, all those not familiar with the complicated ideological positioning on the right…
When Families Fail
Perhaps the most striking feature of our contemporary political landscape is the failure of the tattered labels…
A Jewish Theological Understanding of Christianity in Our Time
It was in the early 1960s that my late revered teacher, Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, became the…
The Flag Amendment Is a Religious Issue
The issue of a constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the American flag is currently on political…
Super Flumina Babylonis, or, Outside the Mainstream
Readers of the New York Times, which Alasdair MacIntyre has called “that parish magazine of affluent and self-congratulatory…
Middle East Apocalypse Now?
Saddam Hussein’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait may have thrown the world economy into confusion, but it…
Liturgy
We kept building our steeples higher until emissions streamed to thousands of miles away, but distant lakes…
Authority in the Church: Excavations Among the Ruins
Authority is an issue that occupies a central place in current ecumenical discussion among the churches and…
The Achievement of Jacques Maritain
Although the twentieth century was often proclaimed by the church to be the “Age of the Laity,”…
The Lives of the Saints and the Pursuit of Virtue
Of the several paths that lead to virtue, the broadest and the most promising is the way…
