Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Joe Biden Misreads Augustine
Delivered to an empty “Field of Flags” surrounded by 25,000 National Guardsmen, Joseph Biden’s inaugural address called…
Learning From Burke in 1968
Sometime between my arrival at college over half a century ago and my departure four years later,…
Archbishop José Gomez: A Profile In Episcopal Courage
During their annual meeting in November of last year, a critical mass of the Catholic bishops of…
Canceling Culture
As was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the…
President Biden and a Catholic Inflection Point
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither…
The Limits of Politics
Last week brought us the image of a half-naked man, painted and crowned with buffalo horns, howling…
My People Need Christ’s Body and Blood
They canceled Easter. Is Christmas next?” Matthew Hennessey asked this question in the Wall Street Journal on…
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…
