Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Magdalena of Austria

Eduard Habsburg

Are the Habsburgs Catholic? As is so often the case, the answer is: “That depends.” While the…

Love on the Streets of LA

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Gregory Boyle joins the podcast…

Alice von Hildebrand, Woman of Valor

Mark Gottlieb

Those who knew Alice von Hildebrand (“Lily” to her family and friends) could be forgiven for thinking…

Briefly Noted 3/22

Various

Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew by hans boersma ivp academic, 180 pages, $20 From the…

Priestly Poverty

Timothy J. Cusick

It was the beach house that got to me this time. When the priest abuse scandals broke…

Liberal Islam

Gabriel Said Reynolds

Reopening Muslim Minds:A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Toleranceby Mustafa AkyolSt. Martin’s, 336 pages, $28 Islam,” Mustafa…

Worthy of Life

James Fetter

I have always felt the need to justify not only my desire for basic human goods, such…

Purveyors of Truth

Mark Bauerlein

The Summer of Theory:History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990by Philipp Felschtranslated by Tony CrawfordPolity, 280 pages, $30 For…

Have No Fear

Liel Leibovitz

We Jews know death. Leaf through the Talmud, that treasure trove of rabbinic wisdom, lore, and law,…

The Imagined Citadel

Matthew Rose

René Guénon was one of the twentieth century’s most important traditionalist thinkers, as well as one of…

An Anglo-Latin Prayer From The Book of Nunnaminster III

Mia Schilling Grogan

III. Conversion God, imagine you(O Majesty!)emerging fromobscurityat thatsmall feast—  At Cana,a wonder:clarity uncloudstheir heartswhen the best winegushesfrom…

Churchill in Barbary

Algis Valiunas

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudanby Winston Spencer Churchilledited by James…

Spendthrift Theology

R. R. Reno

Last summer saw the promulgation of Traditionis Custodes, a motu proprio that limited the celebration of the…

On the Threshold: Part II

Patricia Snow

It was at this point, at the very end of the Church year, inspired by a tremulous…

The Table

Ephraim Radner

The Church’s Lenten disciplines have often been seen in terms of bodily divestment: giving up food, giving…