Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Work of Mourning
In a significant essay entitled “Mourning and Melancholia,” Freud wrote of “the work of mourning,” meaning the…
A Christian Defense of American Empire
There was a time when many people, at least in Europe, thought that empire was a good…
Liberalism and Double Standards
Consistency is a basic principle of justice, and one important form of criticism is the exposure of…
How Modernity Swallowed Islamism
The Middle East was ahead of its time—and certainly ahead of the West—on at least one thing:…
The Morality of a Strategy of Denial
America’s foreign policy needs to reorient. In my book The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an…
New Faith
When I was twenty-four, I spent several weeks sleeping on the floor of the Brussels Salvation Army,…
Our Forgotten Language
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Hana Videen joins…
Preaching the Gospel in War-Torn Ukraine
I arrived in Ukraine in late August, six months after the Russian invasion began. For a week,…
Conservatism on the Brink
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Frank H. Buckley…
St. Augustine and Justice After Dobbs
I see myself as a spiritual son of St. Augustine. I even named my son after him.…
NatCon Against the Black Pill
A certain breed of conservative—over-read, much too sedentary, prone to debilitating nostalgia for gone-away worlds which might…
Cutting the Cord
The phone of my childhood was a chunky white box with a rotary dial. It hung on…
Peace in the Middle East
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Aryeh Lightstone joins the…
Standing with the Word of God
Quite some time ago, during his seminary days, a young priest friend of mine attended an introductory…
Longing After the Fleshpots
Bones and All, a romantic horror about two cannibalistic teenage lovers on a road trip across 1980s…