Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Odds and Ends for Wendy
After we moved from Pasadena to Wheaton, Illinois, in 1994, for many years my wife, Wendy, made…
America’s History of Political Violence
In March 1791 the United States Congress passed the Whiskey Act, the new government’s first excise tax…
The End of the Law
Historical-grammatical exegesis is what conservative theologians do. Or, so many of them appear to think. The reasoning…
Anticonstitutional Progressives
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Bradley Watson joins the…
A More Spiritual Church
The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Brandon McGinley joins the…
Kosher Slaughter and the Dignity of All Creatures
On December 17, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld Belgium’s ban on ritual slaughter…
Magdalena
M agdalena loves potatoes. Doesn’t matter what kind. Red, yellow, Idaho, Irish, boiled, baked, or mashed. French-fried…
Pessimism of the West
Western civilization exerts unprecedented influence. Science commands the intellectual loyalty of elites around the world. Western strands…
The Exile of a Moment
Clouds like ice broken on the surface of a lake,Shifting forms of Pangaea that gravitate towards the…
The Road to Revolution
The classic theory of revolution was formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville, who observed in The Ancien Régime…
The Shema
I recently read an interview with a writer who is, like me, in her mid-eighties. I was…
Yoga: It’s About You
The word “yoga” has long had many meanings. In the 1899 Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, it is defined…
A Priest Ponders, On His Anniversary
Another year has passed. Does your first Mass seemlike yesterday? Such bliss, so rapturous, mustneeds spring forth…
Anti-American Exceptionalism
To Begin the World Over Again:How the American Revolution Devastated the Globeby matthew lockwood yale, 512 pages,…
Becket and His Critics
The late philosopher Roger Scruton once told a Guardian journalist that he thought he had been “too…
