Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Small Mysteries of Time and Memory
On September 24, 1970, I had just begun teaching at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. In…
How to Read Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is a book of doom. In twelve undramatic chapters, King Solomon seems even more stubbornly disconsolate…
What We’ve Been Reading—September 2021
R. R. RenoEditor I read A World After Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Right by Matthew Rose the day…
Ross Douthat on Political Catholicism
Author and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins editor R. R. Reno on the podcast to…
Catholic “Beliefs” and the Abortion Debate
Do Catholics “believe that human life begins at conception”—a formulation that’s become ubiquitous in recent weeks? Well,…
Norm Macdonald’s Spiritual Journey
It’s often tempting to immediately canonize the deceased. But it’s never just: Heaping undue praise on a…
The Gender Resistance
Material Girls:Why Reality Matters for Feminismby kathleen stockfleet, 320 pages, $26.99 Trans:When Ideology Meets Realityby helen joyceoneworld,…
In Defense of the Therapeutic
Talking about the gospel as therapeutic is dangerous. Not wrong, just dangerous. I used to think it…
Episcopal Coherence
At 6 p.m. on October 19, 1965, a dramatic event occurred at the Second Vatican Council. At…
Make America Great Again, Again, 2024
Allow me to offer a modest proposal: Erasmus for president, 2024. It’s never too early to get…
Leaving Afghanistan
Today, the United States has withdrawn its military forces from Afghanistan. Whatever one thinks about how the…
Conversations with Mark Bauerlein
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Firth joins the podcast…
Remembering Fr. Joseph Koterski
Fr. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. (November 28, 1953–August 9, 2021), was a man who worked hard, very…
Pope Francis Chooses Fr. Martin
In late June, just as I was arriving in Kraków, Poland, for the annual seminar in Catholic…
Robert E. Lee and Me
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”—William Faulkner On my desk is a picture of…
