Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Apolitical Politics of Christendom
In my little corner of the Christian world, everyone’s talking about politics, especially the permutations and implications…
Recognizing the Importance of MacIntyre
The death of Alasdair MacIntyre at the age of ninety-six is neither unexpected nor tragic. His close…
Nicaea and Augustine, Antidotes for Our Age
Are we living at the Hour of the Fathers? Today, talk of early church theologians and ancient…
Genocide in Gaza?
The Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, was, according to British historian Andrew Roberts,…
David Tracy’s Theological Missteps
The Catholic Church in the United States has lost a great theologian with the recent death of…
While We’re At It
I’ve come to see that early Christian theology is more rabbinic than Platonic. Better: It involves a…
We’re All Protestants Now
Peter Harrison is one of today’s finest intellectual historians. He writes clearly, explains complex ideas lucidly without…
Immaterial World
Spencer Klavan is a classicist who holds a doctorate in ancient Greek literature from Oxford University. Not…
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 1—The Papal Interregnum
Welcome to Letters from Rome 2025, which continues a tradition of “theological journalism” begun almost a decade…
The Bible’s Forgotten Women
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Mary E. DeMuth joins…
Today Your Heart Becomes Mount Sinai
The Christian faith is bathed in blood. There is no sugarcoating this. Holy Week takes us up…
Who Died on the Cross?
Who hangs on the center tree at the Place of the Skull? That’s the question of Good…
Vindicating John’s Gospel
In March, a team of archaeologists excavating beneath Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher announced a new…
It’s Always Open Season on Christianity
As surely as the swallows return each spring to Capistrano, so the elite media can be counted…
Andy Warhol’s Sacraments
Andy Warhol’s reproductions of popular brand logos have sparked debate as to whether he is playfully critiquing…
