Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Ecumenism Without Illusions: A Catholic Perspective
From a Christian point of view, the twentieth century might well be called the century of ecumenism.…
The Crisis of the West: Machiavelli, Rousseau, and the Imperative of Salvation
What is the crisis of the West? In some cases the sense of this frequently asked if…
The Shadows
Easy to forget, how shadows / are light’s creatures, out of dark, / out of thinning dark…
Michael Harrington’s Socialism
Socialism: Past and Future by michael harrington arcade publishing, 320 pages, $19.95 If one is going to…
Feminist Theodicy
Women and Evil by nell noddings university of california press, 284 pages, $25 For centuries theologians and…
The Transcendent in the Mundane
Ordinary Time by a. g. mojtabai doubleday, 223 pages, $17.95 A.G. Mojtabai’s nonfiction work, Blessed Assurance, won…
The Perfectly Raised Consciousness
Reflecting on the rash of outraged protests against allegedly sexist, racist, and homophobic slurs erupting in our…
Fox Days
Dull, restless mornings, crawling with hungers— / To have something to do and to have done it.…
Editorial: Legalize Drugs?
No sooner had George Bush declared a “war on drugs” and appointed William Bennett to lead the…
Separationism for Religion’s Sake
At a conference last fall on “Christians, Jews, and the Free Exercise of Religion” sponsored by the…
Forward to the Seventies
As I write these words, it is exactly one week before my seventieth birthday”“the days of our…
In Favor of Muddling Through
In American political rhetoric–stump speeches, newspaper editorials, party propaganda–the terms “left wing” and “right wing” are used…
A Reader’s Guide to English Furniture: The Eighteenth Century
Forget the romance purveyed of windowseats, / knocked as they be by the winds / that skim…
Why Wait for the Kingdom?The Theonomist Temptation
Paul Tillich famously wrote about ethics in the heteronomous, autonomous, and theonomous modes. To summarize all too…
The Necktie Gap
The Resurgent Liberal: And Other Unfashionable Prophecies by robert reich random house, 303 pages, $19.95 There are…
