Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Pope Leo XIII and Contemporary Catholic Contentions
Given everything else going on these days, it may seem strange that a 129-year-old encyclical by Pope…
Bach and Pythagoras
Anyone who begins playing Bach as an adult will notice two things: that he should have started…
Briefly Noted
The Telling:How Judaism’s Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Lifeby mark gerson st. martin’s essentials, 352 pages,…
Civics after Midnight
Imagination is a monarchy;They cannot rule where they cannot decree.Just think of Solzhenitzyn underground,His manuscripts in danger,…
Class Acts
Another summer, another moving season in Northern Virginia, a region filled with peripatetic military and federal families.…
Infinite Hitlers
Civilizationsby laurent binettranslated by sam taylorfarrar, straus and giroux, 320 pages, $27 In 1980, the soldiers of the…
Just Here
A young friend of mine recently fell victim to an unexpected and horrific illness. For some time, it…
Letters
Karl Barth I read R. R. Reno’s charitable words on Karl Barth with great interest (“Karl Barth,”…
One-Man Revolution
The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin:Easy Essays from the Catholic Workeredited by lincoln ricefordham, 864 pages, $34.95 In…
Signs of the Times
The woke revolutionaries get the headlines. A psychologist speaking at Yale fantasizes about killing “white people.” Princeton’s…
Sticks and Stones
Some say it like a charmin the face of words heavy as stone,or a riddle of subtle…
The Godliness of Gaming
American popular culture is not particularly welcoming of anyone committed to serious moral reflection. Dip your toes…
The Most Controversial Man in France
Éric Zemmour is the most important media personality in France today. He is also the most controversial.…
The Threat of Artificial Intelligence
The technologies referred to as “artificial intelligence” or “AI” are more momentous than most people realize. Their…
Upper-Class Christianity
Jesus and John Wayne:How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nationby kristin kobes du mezliveright,…