Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
Restoring the God of their Fathers
The Emergence of Jewish Theology in America by robert g. goldy indiana university press, 149 pages, $25…
Telling the American Catholic Story
Catholics in America have rarely taken the study of their history seriously. My own educational circumstances, which…
Catholics Against Hitler
The Jesuits and the Third Reich by vincent a. lapomarda, s. j. the edwin mellen press, 375…
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…
