Theology

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Quest for the Historical Jesus

R. R. Reno

In this episode, Michael C. Legaspi joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his…

Renewal Begins with Baal-Fighters

Peter J. Leithart

By the time we get to Judges 6, we’re in a groove. We know the beat of…

The Return of Jewish Theology

R. R. Reno

I ‘ve often been told that Jews don’t “do theology.” A quick glance at The Guide for…

Jesus After the Critics

Michael C. Legaspi

Quests for the “historical Jesus” are as old as Christianity itself. The claims of Jesus’s earliest followers…

Demons and ChatGPT

Thomas P. Harmon

Last week, the New York Times reported on a strange phenomenon. A number of ChatGPT users believe…

Remembering Walter Brueggemann

Michael C. Legaspi

Earlier this month, renowned Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann (1933–2025) passed away. Brueggemann was a lion of…

The Comic Trinity of Nicaea

Peter J. Leithart

The year 2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, convened by Emperor Constantine I…

The Problem with N. T. Wright’s Abortion Remarks

Sebastian Milbank

Anglican theologian and former bishop of Durham N. T. Wright has landed himself in hot water following…

The Apolitical Politics of Christendom

Peter J. Leithart

In my little corner of the Christian world, everyone’s talking about politics, especially the permutations and implications…

Recognizing the Importance of MacIntyre

John Haldane

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

Carl R. Trueman

Are we living at the Hour of the Fathers? Today, talk of early church theologians and ancient…

Genocide in Gaza?

Gerald McDermott

The Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, was, according to British historian Andrew Roberts,…

David Tracy’s Theological Missteps 

Thomas G. Guarino

The Catholic Church in the United States has lost a great theologian with the recent death of…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

I’ve come to see that early Christian theology is more rabbinic than Platonic. Better: It involves a…

We’re All Protestants Now

Peter J. Leithart

Peter Harrison is one of today’s finest intellectual historians. He writes clearly, explains complex ideas lucidly without…