Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Learning from the Cold War
It has become commonplace in the last year or so to refer to “the end of the…
Nature’s Call
In Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana the dissolute but not, he emphatically insists, officially “defrocked”…
Literature and Moral Purposes
It is tedious when a speaker begins by protesting modestly that he is inadequate to the task…
The Christian West?
Richard John Neuhaus: 1992 is scheduled to he a very big year for moving toward European unity.…
1789: A Requiem
Perhaps no English poem was more frequently cited during France’s 1989 Bicentennial year than William Wordsworth’s Prelude,…
The Demon in the Jewish Soul
Demons surface. For most people, demons surface in nightmares, but for us, for Jews, demons seem to…
The Educational Vise
The widely noted appearance of John Chubb and Terry Moe’s Politics, Markets & America’s Schools reminds us…
Where Babies Come From
Recent reports from a French laboratory contain some good news and some bad news for the prochoice…
Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism
The orthodox explanation of what is wrong with creationism goes something like this: Science has accumulated overwhelming…
Heaven Is My Home
It sometimes seems to me through the mists of memory that I spent my childhood in church.…
What Families Are For
In his engagingly titled book, What’s Wrong With the World, G. K. Chesterton argued that his fellow…
The Real John Courtney Murray
The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contribution of John Courtney Murray by robert w. mcelroy…
The Social History of American Religion
Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People by jon butler harvard university press, 360…
Faith and Politics
The Political Meaning of Christianity: An Interpretation by glenn tinder louisiana state university press, 257pages, $29.95 I…
A Minimalist Aristotle?
Innocence and Experience by stuart hampshire harvard university press, 195 pages, $20 Stuart Hampshire begins his new…