Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Son of Solzhenitsyn
When Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn left the Soviet Union in February 1974 as one of the most famous exiles…
Essentially Fertile: Notes Toward a Land Ethic
In the decades since World War II, the U.S. has declared a war on poverty, a war…
The Lenten Presumption
Over the next 40 days, we join our Lord on the via dolorosa, the road of suffering,…
The Rise of the Middle Ages
Autumntide of the Middle Agesby johan huizinga translated by diane webb edited by graeme small and anton…
Prohibiting Prayer in Australia
Conversion therapy—the use of psychological or spiritual interventions to attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or…
Missionaries for Life
This essay is adapted from a homily delivered on January 23 at the Mass for the Walk…
The Best Catholic Bible
The Augustine Bible: English Standard Version, Catholic Edition augustine institute, 1,232 pages, $49.95 Of the making of…
The Myth of the Sixties
Once again, college students are in angry rebellion—against almost everything, it seems. I remember the feeling. But…
Valuing Celibacy
The question of married priests is primarily a Christological and ecclesiological one. But it has important practical…
A Good Editor Is Hard to Find
Good Things Out of Nazareth: The Uncollected Letters of Flannery O’Connor and Friends by flannery o’connor edited…
Adversary Culture in 2020
The unrest that erupted in late May 2020 started in Minneapolis, my hometown, with the death of…
Anger-Politics on the Right
Populism is a threat to democracy.” “Trump is an authoritarian.” “Trump subverts constitutional norms.” Claims such as…
Briefly Noted
Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader Statesby bernard hamilton & andrew jotischky cambridge, 552 pages, $100…
Evangelicals and Race Theory
For many years, apart from sporadic eruptions in American society, the issue of race has played Banquo’s…
Letters
Fatherlessness One of the most fascinating details of Mary Eberstadt’s “The Fury of the Fatherless” (December) is…
